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PUBLIC LAW 102-550—OCT. 28, 1992 106 STAT. 4003 "(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Corporation may make such capital distributions (as such term is defined in section 1303 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992) as may be declared by the Board of Directors. "(2) The Corporation may not make any capital distribution that would decrease the total capital of the Corporation (as such term is defined in section 1303 oi the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992) to an amount less than the risk-based capital level for the Corporation established under section 1361 of such Act or that would decrease the core capital of the Corporation (as such term is defined in section 1303 of such Act) to an amount less than the minimum capital level for the Corporation established under section 1362 of such Act, without prior written approval of the distribution by the Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.". (f) COMPENSATION. —Section 303 of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1452) is amended— (1) in clause (9) of the first sentence of subsection (c), by inserting after "agents" the following: "as the Board of Directors determines reasonable and comparable with compensation for employment in other similar businesses (including publicly held financial institutions or other major financial services companies) involving similar duties and responsibilities, except that a significant portion of potential compensation of all executive officers (as such term is defined in subsection (h)(3)) of the Corporation shall be based on the performance of the Corporation; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(h)(1) Not later than June 30, 1993, and annually thereafter. Reports. the Corporation shall submit a report to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate on (A) the comparability of the compensation policies of the Corporation with the compensation policies of other similar businesses, (B) in the aggregate, the percentage of total cash compensation and payments under employee benefit plans (which shall be defined in a manner consistent with the Corporation's proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders for the preceding year) earned by executive officers of the Corporation during the preceding year that was based on the Corporation's performance, and (C) the comparability of the Corporation's financial performance with the performance of other similar businesses. The report shall include a copy of the Corporation's proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders for the preceding year. "(2) Notwithstanding the first sentence of subsection (c), after the date of the enactment of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, the Corporation may not enter into any agreement or contract to provide any payment of money or other thing of current or potential value in connection with the termination of employment of any executive officer of the Corporation, unless such agreement or contract is approved in advance by the Director of the OfiRce of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Director may not approve any such agreement or contract unless the Director determines that the benefits provided under