12 USC § 2149 - Lending limits

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s2149"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 2149 - Lending limits"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "2149"
section_name: "Lending limits"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "FARM CREDIT SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "BANKS FOR COOPERATIVES"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "National Banks for Cooperatives"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 92–181, title III, § 3.28, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 415(2), Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1644; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title V, § 5411(15), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4680.)"
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# § 2149. Lending limits

12 U.S.C. 2121Public Law 100–233

The Farm Credit Administration may not establish lending limits for the consolidated bank with respect to any loans or borrowers that are more restrictive than the combined lending limits that were previously established by the Farm Credit Administration for the constituent banks described in section 413(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 ( note; ) with respect to such loans or borrowers.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 92–181, title III, § 3.28, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 415(2), Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1644; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title V, § 5411(15), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4680.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— substituted “the constituent banks described in section 413(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 ( note; )” for “a district bank for cooperatives and the Central Bank for Cooperatives”.