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105 STAT. 2386 PUBLIC LAW 102-242—DEC. 19, 1991 SEC. 472. REAL ESTATE APPRAISALS. (a) CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 1116 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 3345) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(e) AUTHORITY OF THE APPRAISAL SUBCOMMITTEE. — The Appraisal Subcommittee shall not set qualifications or experience requirements for the States in licensing real estate appraisers, including a de minimus standard. Recommendations of the Subcommittee shall be nonbinding on the States.". (b) USE OF STATE CERTIFIED AND STATE LICENSED APPRAISERS. — (1) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR USE. —Section 1119(a)(1) of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 3348(a)(1)) is amended by striking "July 1, 1991" and inserting "December 31, 1992". (2) EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1119(b) of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 3348(b)) is amended— (A) in the first sentence, by striking "leading to inordinate delays" and inserting ", or in any geographical political subdivision of a State, leading to significant delays"; and (B) in the second sentence, by striking "inordinate" and inserting "significant". (c) OMB STUDY OF DE MINIMUS STANDARDS. —Before the end of the 6-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall conduct a study of whether there is a need to establish de minimus levels for commercial real estate. SEC. 473. EMERGENCY LIQUIDITY. Section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 343) is amended in the third paragraph by striking "of the kinds and maturities made eligible for discount for member banks under other provisions of this Act". SEC. 474. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST REORGANIZED DEBTORS. Section 7(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(9) A Federal banking agency may not, by regulation or otherwise, designate, or require an insured institution or an affiliate to designate, a corporation as highly leveraged or a transaction with a corporation as a highly leveraged transaction solely because such corporation is or has been a debtor or bankrupt under title 11, United States Code, if, after confirmation of a plan of reorganization, such corporation would not otherwise be highly leveraged.". 12 USC 1828 SEC. 475. PURCHASED MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS. (a) IN GENERAL. —Notwithstanding section 5(t)(4) of the Home Owners' Loan Act, each appropriate Federal banking agency shall determine, with respect to insured depository institutions for which it is the appropriate Federal regulator, the amount of readily marketable purchased mortgage servicing rights that may be included in calculating such institution's tangible capital, risk-based capital, or leverage limit, if—