12 USC § 1706d - Applicability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s1706d"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 1706d - Applicability"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1706d"
section_name: "Applicability"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "HOUSING RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title I, § 9, as added July 14, 1952, ch. 723, § 10(a)(1), 66 Stat. 603; amended Pub. L. 86–70, § 10(a), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 142; Pub. L. 86–624, § 6, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 411; Pub. L. 91–152, title IV, § 403(c)(3), Dec. 24, 1969, 83 Stat. 395; Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title IV, § 407(a)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1211; Pub. L. 100–242, title IV, § 429(b), Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1918.)"
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# § 1706d. Applicability

The provisions of sections 1703 and 1706c of this title shall be applicable in the several States and Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.

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**Source Credit**: (June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title I, § 9, as added July 14, 1952, ch. 723, § 10(a)(1), 66 Stat. 603; amended Pub. L. 86–70, § 10(a), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 142; Pub. L. 86–624, § 6, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 411; Pub. L. 91–152, title IV, § 403(c)(3), Dec. 24, 1969, 83 Stat. 395; Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title IV, § 407(a)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1211; Pub. L. 100–242, title IV, § 429(b), Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1918.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1988— inserted “Applicability” as section catchline.

1983— inserted “American Samoa,” after “Pacific Islands,”.

1969— inserted “the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,” after “Guam,”.

1960— struck out “Hawaii,” before “Puerto Rico”.

1959— struck out “Alaska,” before “Hawaii”.

## Executive Documents

### Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding , Territories and Insular Possessions.