12 USC § 1715 - Statistical and economic surveys

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s1715"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 1715 - Statistical and economic surveys"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1715"
section_name: "Statistical and economic surveys"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "MORTGAGE INSURANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title II, § 209, 48 Stat. 1252; Feb. 3, 1938, ch. 13, § 3, 52 Stat. 22; Mar. 28, 1941, ch. 31, § 4(c), 55 Stat. 62; Apr. 20, 1950, ch. 94, title I, § 122, 64 Stat. 59; Pub. L. 87–70, title VI, § 612(d), June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 181; Pub. L. 89–117, title XI, § 1108(f), Aug. 10, 1965, 79 Stat. 504; Pub. L. 90–19, § 1(a)(3), (f), May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 17, 18.)"
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# § 1715. Statistical and economic surveys

The Secretary shall cause to be made in connection with the insurance programs such statistical surveys and legal and economic studies as he shall deem useful to guide the development of housing and the creation of a sound mortgage market in the United States, and shall publish from time to time the results of such surveys and studies. Expenses of such studies and surveys, and expenses of publication and distribution of the results of such studies and surveys, shall be charged as a general expense of such insurance fund or funds, as the Secretary shall determine.

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**Source Credit**: (June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title II, § 209, 48 Stat. 1252; Feb. 3, 1938, ch. 13, § 3, 52 Stat. 22; Mar. 28, 1941, ch. 31, § 4(c), 55 Stat. 62; Apr. 20, 1950, ch. 94, title I, § 122, 64 Stat. 59; Pub. L. 87–70, title VI, § 612(d), June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 181; Pub. L. 89–117, title XI, § 1108(f), Aug. 10, 1965, 79 Stat. 504; Pub. L. 90–19, § 1(a)(3), (f), May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 17, 18.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1967— substituted “Secretary” for “Commissioner” wherever appearing and inserted “in connection with the insurance programs” after “made”.

1965— struck out “or account or accounts,” after “fund or funds,”.

1961— substituted “shall be charged as a general expense of such insurance fund or funds, or account or accounts, as the Commissioner shall determine” for “shall be charged as a general expense of the Fund, the Housing Fund, and the Defense Housing Insurance Fund in such proportion as the Commissioner shall determine”.

1950—Act , substituted “Commissioner” for “Administrator” wherever appearing.

1941—Act , substituted “Fund, the Housing Fund, and the Defense Housing Insurance Fund” for “Fund and the Housing Fund”.

1938—Act , inserted “and the Housing Fund in such proportion as the Administrator shall determine” after “Fund”.