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PUBLIC LAW 103-233—APR. 11, 1994 108 STAT. 375 subsection other than the first mortgage shall be expressly subordinate to the insured mortgage. "(F) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY. —The Secretary, upon request of a qualified participating entity, may insure or reinsure and make commitments to insure or reinsure under this section any mortgage, advance, loan, or pool of mortgages otherwise eligible under this section, pursuant to a risk-sharing agreement providing that the qualified participating entity will carry out (under a delegation or otherwise, and with or without compensation, but subject to audit, exception, or review requirements) such credit approval, appraisal, inspection, issuance of commitments, approval of insurance of advances, cost certification, servicing, property disposition, or other functions as the Secretary shall approve as consistent with the purpose of this section. All appraisals of property for mortgage insurance under this section shall be completed by a Certified General Appraiser in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. "(G) DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS.—Qualified participating entities shall make available to the Secretary or the Secretary's designee, at the Secretary's request, such financial and other records as the Secretary deems necessary for purposes of review and monitoring for the program under this section."; (2) in paragraph (4), by striking "financial institutions and entities to be eligible to enter into reinsurance agreements" and inserting "eligibility under this subsection of qualified participating entities"; (3) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following new paragraph: "(11) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall take any administrative actions necessary to initiate the pilot program under this subsection."; and (4) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following new paragraphs: "(8) PROHIBITION ON GINNIE MAE SECURITIZATION. — The Government National Mortgage Association shall not securitize any multifamily loans insured or reinsured under this subsection. "(9) QUALIFICATION AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.— Multifamily housing securing loans insured or reinsured under this subsection shall qualify as affordable only if the housing is occupied by families and bears rents not greater than the gross rent for rent-restricted residential units as determined under section 42(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. "(10) CERTIFICATION OF SUBSIDY LAYERING COMPLIANCE.— The requirements of section 102(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 may be satisfied in connection with a commitment to insure a mortgage under this subsection by a certification by a housing credit agency (including an entity established by a State that provides mortgage insurance) to the Secretary that the combination of assistance within the jurisdiction of the Secretary and other government assistance provided in connection with a property for which a mortgage is to be insured shall not be any greater than is necessary to provide affordable housing.".