42 USC § 1490k - FHA insurance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s1490k"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 1490k - FHA insurance"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1490k"
section_name: "FHA insurance"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "SLUM CLEARANCE, URBAN RENEWAL, AND FARM HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "FARM HOUSING"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title V, § 531, as added Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title V, § 520], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1249.)"
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# § 1490k. FHA insurance

section 1709 of title 12

The Secretary is authorized to act as an agent of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to recommend insurance of any mortgage meeting the requirements of .

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**Source Credit**: (July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title V, § 531, as added Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title V, § 520], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1249.)