12 U.S.C. § 2279c

January 1, 2007Subject to paragraph (2), any association that owns a Federal land bank association authorized as of , to make long-term loans under subchapter I in its chartered territory within the geographic area described in subsection (b) may make short- and intermediate-term loans and otherwise operate as a production credit association under subchapter II within that same chartered territory.

January 1, 2007Subject to paragraph (2), any association that under its charter has subchapter I lending authority and that owns a production credit association authorized as of , to make short- and intermediate-term loans under subchapter II in the geographic area described in subsection (b) may make long-term loans and otherwise operate, directly or through a subsidiary association, as a Federal land bank association or Federal land credit association under subchapter I in the geographic area.

section 2252(a) of this titleJanuary 1, 2007Notwithstanding , the Farm Credit Bank with which any association had a written financing agreement as of , may make loans and extend other comparable financial assistance with respect to, and may purchase, any loans made under the new authority provided under subparagraph (A) or (B) by an association exercising such authority.

the board of directors of the association; and

section 2279e of this title a majority of the voting stockholders of the association (or, if the association is a subsidiary of another association, the voting stockholders of the parent association) voting, in person or by proxy, at a duly authorized meeting of stockholders in accordance with the process described in .