Purpose
The purpose of the Resolution Funding Corporation is to provide funds to the Resolution Trust Corporation to enable the Resolution Trust Corporation to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Establishment
There is established a corporation to be known as the Resolution Funding Corporation.
Management of Funding Corporation
Directorate
Terms
Of the 2 members appointed under paragraph (1)(B), 1 shall be appointed for an initial term of 2 years and 1 shall be appointed for an initial term of 3 years. Thereafter, such members shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.
Vacancy
Equal representation of banks
No president of a Federal Home Loan Bank may be appointed to serve an additional term on the Directorate until such time as the presidents of each of the other Federal Home Loan Banks have served as many terms as the president of such bank.
Chairperson
The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board shall select the chairperson of the Directorate from among the 3 members of the Directorate.
Staff
No paid employees
The Funding Corporation shall have no paid employees.
Powers
The Directorate may, with the approval of the Director authorize the officers, employees, or agents of the Federal Home Loan Banks to act for and on behalf of the Funding Corporation in such manner as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Funding Corporation.
Administrative expenses
In general
All administrative expenses of the Funding Corporation, including custodian fees, shall be paid by the Federal Home Loan Banks.
Pro rata distribution
Regulation by Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board
The Directorate of the Funding Corporation shall be subject to such regulations, orders, and directions as the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board may prescribe.
No compensation from Funding Corporation
Members of the Directorate of the Funding Corporation shall receive no pay, allowance, or benefit from the Funding Corporation for serving on the Directorate.
Powers of Funding Corporation
Issue stock
To issue nonvoting capital stock to the Federal Home Loan Banks.
Purchase capital stock; transfer amounts
section 1441a of this titleTo purchase capital certificates issued by the Resolution Trust Corporation under , and to transfer amounts to the Resolution Trust Corporation pursuant to subsection (e)(8) of this section.
Issue obligations
To issue debentures, bonds, or other obligations, and to borrow, to give security for any amount borrowed, and to pay interest on (and any redemption premium with respect to) any such obligation or amount.
Impose assessments
To impose assessments in accordance with subsection (e)(7).
Corporate seal
To adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal.
Succession
To have succession until dissolved.
Contracts
To enter into contracts.
Authority to sue
To sue and be sued in its corporate capacity, and to complain and defend in any action brought by or against the Funding Corporation in any State or Federal court of competent jurisdiction.
Incidental powers
section 1441a of this titleTo exercise such incidental powers not inconsistent with the provisions of this section and as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this section.
Capitalization of Funding Corporation, etc.
In general
Amount required
Purchases of stock by Federal Home Loan Banks
Each Federal Home Loan Bank shall purchase stock in the Funding Corporation at times and in amounts prescribed by the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board.
Par value; transferability
Each share of stock issued by the Funding Corporation to a Federal Home Loan Bank shall have a par value in an amount determined by the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board and shall be transferable at not less than par value only among the Federal Home Loan Banks in the manner and to the extent prescribed by the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board.
Maximum investment amount limitation for each Federal Home Loan Bank
Reserves and undivided profits on
Subsequent additions to reserves and undivided profits
Annual adjustment
Increase in limit
If the aggregate amount for all Federal Home Loan Banks determined under subparagraph (B)(i) is less than $300,000,000 per year, the limit for each Bank shall be increased by an amount determined by the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board by multiplying the aggregate deficiency by the percentage applicable to such Bank arrived at in the manner described in paragraph (5).
Decrease in limit
If the aggregate amount for all Federal Home Loan Banks determined under subparagraph (B)(i) is more than $300,000,000 per year, the limit for each Bank shall be decreased by an amount determined by the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board by multiplying the aggregate excess by the percentage applicable to such Bank arrived at in the manner described in paragraph (5).
Pro rata distribution of first $1,000,000,000 invested in Funding Corporation by Federal Home Loan Banks
Bank | Percentage |
|---|---|
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston | 1.8629 |
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York | 9.1006 |
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh | 4.2702 |
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta | 14.4007 |
Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati | 8.2653 |
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis | 5.2863 |
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago | 9.6886 |
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines | 6.9301 |
Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas | 8.8181 |
Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka | 5.2706 |
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco | 19.9644 |
Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle | 6.1422 |
Pro rata distribution of amounts required to be invested in excess of $1,000,000,000
Special provisions relating to maximum amount limitations
In general
Allocation of excess amount among remaining Federal Home Loan Banks
In general
Reallocation
If the allocation under this subparagraph results in a remaining Bank exceeding its maximum amount under paragraph (3), such excess amount shall be reallocated to the other remaining Bank in accordance with this subparagraph.
Reimbursement procedure
In general
A Bank on whose behalf stock is purchased under subparagraph (A)(i) shall make payments annually from amounts, if any, in its reserve account (as described in subparagraph (D)) to each Bank that made payments on its behalf until a full reimbursement has been completed. A full reimbursement shall require repayment of the excess amounts invested by other Banks plus interest which shall accrue at a rate equal to the annual average cost of funds in the most recent year to all Federal Home Loan Banks and which shall begin to accrue 2 years after the investments under subparagraph (A)(i) are made.
Determination of amounts
The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board shall annually determine the dollar amounts of such reimbursements by distributing the amount available for such reimbursements (at the time of such determination) from the reimbursing Bank to the Banks that made purchases on its behalf according to the shares of the reimbursing Bank’s excess amount that the other Banks invested.
Transfer to account for reimbursements required
In general
Of the net earnings for any year of a Bank on whose behalf a purchase is made under subparagraph (A)(i) and any reimbursements received from other Banks, the amount necessary to make the reimbursements required under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be placed in a reserve account (established in the manner prescribed by the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board), which shall be available only for such reimbursements.
Limitation
The total amount placed in such reserve account in any year by any Bank shall not exceed an amount equal to 20 percent of the net earnings of such Bank for such year.
Obligations of Funding Corporation
Issuance
The Funding Corporation may issue bonds, notes, debentures, and similar obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000,000. No obligation may be issued under this paragraph unless, at the time of issuance, the face amounts (the amount of principal payable at maturity) of noninterest bearing instruments in the Funding Corporation Principal Fund are equal to the aggregate amount of principal on the obligations of the Funding Corporation that will be outstanding following such issuance.
Interest payments
Earnings on certain assets
Earnings on assets of the Funding Corporation which are not invested in the Funding Corporation Principal Fund shall be used for interest payments on outstanding debt of the Funding Corporation.
Proceeds from Resolution Trust Corporation
Payments by Federal home loan banks
In general
section 1430(j) of this titleTo the extent that the amounts available pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) are insufficient to cover the amount of interest payments, each Federal home loan bank shall pay to the Funding Corporation in each calendar year, 20.0 percent of the net earnings of that Bank (after deducting expenses relating to and operating expenses).
Annual determination
The Director annually shall determine the extent to which the value of the aggregate amounts paid by the Federal home loan banks exceeds or falls short of the value of an annuity of $300,000,000 per year that commences on the issuance date and ends on the final scheduled maturity date of the obligations, and shall select appropriate present value factors for making such determinations, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury.
Payment term alterations
The Director shall extend or shorten the term of the payment obligations of a Federal home loan bank under this subparagraph as necessary to ensure that the value of all payments made by the Banks is equivalent to the value of an annuity referred to in clause (ii).
Term beyond maturity
section 1430(j) of this titleIf the Director extends the term of payment obligations beyond the final scheduled maturity date for the obligations, each Federal home loan bank shall continue to pay 20.0 percent of its net earnings (after deducting expenses relating to and operating expenses) to the Treasury of the United States until the value of all such payments by the Federal home loan banks is equivalent to the value of an annuity referred to in clause (ii). In the final year in which the Federal home loan banks are required to make any payment to the Treasury under this subparagraph, if the dollar amount represented by 20.0 percent of the net earnings of the Federal home loan banks exceeds the remaining obligation of the Banks to the Treasury, the Director shall reduce the percentage pro rata to a level sufficient to pay the remaining obligation.
Semiannual reports
The Director shall report semiannually to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives on the projected date for the completion of contributions required by this section.
Proceeds from sale of assets
To the extent the amounts available pursuant to subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) are insufficient to cover the amount of interest payments, the FSLIC Resolution Fund shall transfer to the Funding Corporation any net proceeds from the sale of assets received from the Resolution Trust Corporation, which shall be used by the Funding Corporation to pay such interest.
Treasury backup
In general
To the extent the amounts available pursuant to subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) are insufficient to cover the amount of interest payments, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the Funding Corporation the additional amount due, which shall be used by the Funding Corporation to pay such interest.
Liability of Funding Corporation
In each instance where the Secretary is required to make a payment under this subparagraph to the Funding Corporation, the amount of the payment shall become a liability of the Funding Corporation to be repaid to the Secretary upon dissolution of the Funding Corporation (to the extent the Funding Corporation may have any remaining assets).
Appropriation of funds
There are hereby appropriated to the Secretary, for fiscal year 1989 and each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as may be necessary to carry out clause (i).
Principal payments
On maturity of an obligation issued under this subsection, the obligation shall be repaid by the Funding Corporation from the liquidation of noninterest bearing instruments held in the Funding Corporation Principal Fund.
Proceeds to be transferred to Resolution Trust Corporation
Investment of United States funds in obligations
Obligations issued under this section by the Funding Corporation, at the direction of the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board shall be lawful investments, and may be accepted as security, for all fiduciary, trust, and public funds the investment or deposit of which shall be under the authority or control of the United States or any officer of the United States.
Market for obligations
All persons having the power to invest in, sell, underwrite, purchase for their own accounts, accept as security, or otherwise deal in obligations of the Federal Home Loan Banks shall also have the power to do so with respect to obligations of the Funding Corporation.
Tax exempt status
In general
section 1433 of this titleExcept as provided in subparagraph (B), obligations of the Funding Corporation shall be exempt from tax both as to principal and interest to the same extent as any obligation of a Federal Home Loan Bank is exempt from tax under .
Exception
section 3124(b) of title 31The Funding Corporation, like the Federal Home Loan Banks, shall be treated as an agency of the United States for purposes of the first sentence of (relating to determination of tax status of interest on obligations).
Obligations not exempt securities
In general
Authority of Commission
15 U.S.C. 77aNotwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Securities and Exchange Commission may, by rule or order, consistent with the public interest and the protection of investors, exempt securities issued by the Funding Corporation from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 [ et seq.], subject to such terms and conditions as the Commission may prescribe.
Minority participation in public or negotiated offerings
The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board and the Directorate shall ensure that minority owned or controlled commercial banks, investment banking firms, underwriters, and bond counsels throughout the United States have an opportunity to participate to a significant degree in any public or negotiated offering of obligations issued under this section.
No full faith and credit of the United States
Obligations of the Funding Corporation shall not be obligations of, or guaranteed as to principal by, the Federal Home Loan Bank System, the Federal Home Loan Banks, the United States, or the Resolution Trust Corporation and the obligations shall so plainly state. The Secretary shall pay interest on such obligations as required pursuant to this subsection.
Use and disposition of assets of Funding Corporation not transferred to Resolution Trust Corporation
In general
section 1441a of this titleSubject to regulations, restrictions, and limitations prescribed by the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board, assets of the Funding Corporation which are not required to be invested in capital certificates issued by the Resolution Trust Corporation under and are not needed for current interest payments shall be invested in direct obligations of the United States issued by the Secretary.
Separate account for zero coupon instruments held to ensure payment of principal
Miscellaneous provisions
Treatment for certain purposes
section 1433 of this titlesection 1443 of this titleExcept as provided in subsection (f)(7)(B), the Funding Corporation shall be treated as a Federal Home Loan Bank for purposes of (to the extent such section relates to State, municipal, and local taxation) and .
Federal Reserve banks as depositaries and fiscal agents
The Federal Reserve banks are authorized to act as depositaries for or fiscal agents or custodians of the Funding Corporation.
Applicability of certain provisions relating to Government corporations
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Jurisdiction and power to remove
Federal court jurisdiction
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any civil action, suit, or proceeding to which the Funding Corporation is a party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the United States district courts shall have original jurisdiction over such action, suit, or proceeding.
Removal
The Funding Corporation may, without bond or security, remove any such action, suit, or proceeding from a State court to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Annual report
In general
The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board shall annually submit a full report of the operations, activities, budget, receipts, and expenditures of the Funding Corporation for the preceding 12-month period.
Contents
Submission to Congress and President
The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board shall submit each annual report required under this subsection to the Congress and the President as soon as practicable after the end of the calendar year for which the report is made, but not later than June 30 of the year following such calendar year.
Termination of Funding Corporation
In general
The Funding Corporation shall be dissolved, as soon as practicable, after the maturity and full payment of all obligations issued by the Funding Corporation under this section.
Authority of Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board to conclude affairs of Funding Corporation
Effective on the date of the dissolution of the Funding Corporation under paragraph (1), the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board may exercise on behalf of the Funding Corporation any power of the Funding Corporation which the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board determines to be necessary to settle and conclude the affairs of the Funding Corporation.
Definitions
Administrative expenses
Custodian fee
Funding Corporation
The term “Funding Corporation” means the Resolution Funding Corporation established in subsection (b).
Funding Corporation Principal Fund
The term “Funding Corporation Principal Fund” means the separate account established under subsection (g)(2).
Issuance costs
Net earnings
The term “net earnings” means net earnings without reduction for chargeoffs or expenses incurred by a Federal Home Loan Bank for the purchase of capital stock of the Financing Corporation or payments relating to the Funding Corporation required by the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board under subsections (e) and (f).
Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board
Secretary
The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Treasury.
Undivided profits
Regulations
The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board may prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this section.
July 22, 1932, ch. 522, § 21BPub. L. 101–73, title V, § 511(a)103 Stat. 394Pub. L. 102–233, title III, § 302(b)105 Stat. 1767Pub. L. 102–550, title XVI, § 1613(a)(7)106 Stat. 4092Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title II, § 2704(d)(5)110 Stat. 3009–488Pub. L. 106–102, title VI, § 607(a)113 Stat. 1455Pub. L. 109–171, title II, § 2102(b)120 Stat. 9Pub. L. 109–173, § 9(d)(7)119 Stat. 3617Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title II122 Stat. 2786(, as added , , ; amended , , ; , (9), , ; , (11)(E), (F), , , 3009–489; , , ; , , ; , (8), , ; , §§ 1204(8)–(10), (12), 1213, , , 2791.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
act May 27, 1933, ch. 38, title I48 Stat. 74section 77a of Title 15The Securities Act of 1933, referred to in subsec. (f)(8)(B), is , , which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 77a et seq.) of chapter 2A of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see and Tables.
Section 9105 of title 31Pub. L. 101–576, title III, § 305104 Stat. 2853, referred to in subsec. (h)(3), was amended generally by , , , and, as so amended, no longer contains provisions relating to mixed-ownership Government corporations having capital of the Government.
Amendments
Pub. L. 110–289, § 1204(12)2008—Subsecs. (c)(6)(B), (e)(4). , substituted “Director” for “Federal Housing Finance Board” wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 110–289, § 1204(8)Subsec. (f)(2)(C)(ii) to (iv). –(10), substituted, in cls. (ii) and (iii), “The Director” for “The Board” and, in cl. (iv), “the Director” for “the Board” before “extends” and “the Director” for “the Finance Board” before “shall reduce”.
Pub. L. 110–289, § 1213Subsec. (f)(2)(C)(v). , added cl. (v).
Pub. L. 110–289, § 1204(8)Subsec. (k)(7)(B)(ii). , which directed amendment of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (this chapter) by substituting “the Director” for “the Board” wherever appearing, was not executed to subsec. (k)(7)(B)(ii), to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Pub. L. 109–171Pub. L. 104–208, § 2704(d)(11)(E)2006—Subsec. (e). repealed . See 1996 Amendment note below.
Pub. L. 109–173, § 9(d)(7)(A)Subsec. (e)(5). , inserted “as of the date of funding” after “Savings Association Insurance Fund members” in subpars. (A) and (B).
Pub. L. 109–173, § 9(d)(7)(B)Subsec. (e)(7), (8). , struck out pars. (7) and (8) which related to additional sources to fund the Funding Corporation Principal Fund and a transfer of funds to the Resolution Trust Corporation in fiscal year 1989, respectively.
Pub. L. 109–171Pub. L. 104–208, § 2704(d)(5)Subsec. (f)(2)(C)(ii)(I), (II). repealed . See 1996 Amendment note below.
Pub. L. 109–173, § 9(d)(8)(A)Subsec. (k). , in introductory provisions, inserted before colon “, the following definitions shall apply”.
Pub. L. 109–173, § 9(d)(8)(B)lSubsec. (k)(8) to (10). , (C), redesignated pars. (9) and (10) as (8) and (9), respectively, and struck out heading and text of former par. (8). Text read as follows: “The term ‘Savings Association Insurance Fund member’ means a Savings Association Insurance member as such term is defined by section 1817() of this title.”
Pub. L. 109–171Pub. L. 104–208, § 2704(d)(11)(F) repealed . See 1996 Amendment note below.
Pub. L. 106–1021999—Subsec. (f)(2)(C). amended subpar. (C) generally, substituting present provisions for provisions requiring Federal Home Loan Banks to pay to the Funding Corporation each calendar year an amount sufficient to cover amount of interest payments made by the Corporation in that year, and provisions relating to determination of each Bank’s individual share of such annual amount.
Pub. L. 104–208, § 2704(d)(11)(E)Pub. L. 109–1711996—Subsec. (e). , which directed the amendment of subsec. (e) by inserting, in par. (5), “as of the date of funding” after “Savings Association Insurance Fund members” in two places and by striking par. (7) and redesignating par. (8) as (7), was repealed by . See Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note below and 2006 Amendment note above.
Pub. L. 104–208, § 2704(d)(5)Pub. L. 109–171Subsec. (f)(2)(C)(ii)(I), (II). , which directed the amendment of subcls. (I) and (II) by substituting “to insured depository institutions, and their successors, which were Savings Association Insurance Fund members on ” for “to Savings Associations Insurance Fund members”, was repealed by . See Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note below.
Pub. L. 104–208, § 2704(d)(11)(F)Pub. L. 109–171Subsec. (k)(8) to (10). , which directed the amendment of subsec. (k) by striking par. (8) and redesignating pars. (9) and (10) as (8) and (9), respectively, was repealed by . See Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note below and 2006 Amendment note above.
Pub. L. 102–550, § 1613(a)(7)1992—Subsecs. (c)(8), (j)(2). , inserted “Thrift Depositor Protection” before “Oversight” in headings.
Pub. L. 102–550, § 1613(a)(9)Subsec. (k)(7). , substituted “Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight” for “Oversight” in heading.
Pub. L. 102–2331991— substituted “Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board” for “Oversight Board” wherever appearing in text.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2006 Amendment
Pub. L. 109–173section 9(j) of Pub. L. 109–173section 24 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
Pub. L. 109–171section 2102(c) of Pub. L. 109–171section 1821 of this titleAmendment by effective no later than the first day of the first calendar quarter that begins after the end of the 90-day period beginning , see , set out as a Merger of BIF and SAIF note under .
Effective Date of 1999 Amendment
Pub. L. 106–102, title VI, § 607(b)113 Stat. 1456
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Pub. L. 104–208section 2704(c) of Pub. L. 104–208section 1821 of this titleAmendment by effective , if no insured depository institution is a savings association on that date, see , formerly set out as a note under .
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Pub. L. 102–550Pub. L. 102–233section 1618 of Pub. L. 102–550section 1441 of this titleAmendment by effective as if included in the Resolution Trust Corporation Refinancing, Restructuring, and Improvement Act of 1991, , as of , see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date of 1991 Amendment
Pub. L. 102–233section 318 of Pub. L. 102–233section 1441 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
Abolition of Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board
Pub. L. 105–216section 1441a of this titleThrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board abolished, see section 14(a)–(d) of , formerly set out as a note under .