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C e r t i f i c ate of claim. 55 Stat. 60. 12 USC 1739.

12 USC 1713.

12 USC 1707 et seq.

V a l i d i t y of insurance contract.

M o n e y s not needed for current operations.

F e e s, receipts, etc.

PUBLIC LAW 345-AUG. 11, 1955

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Fund, which shall be primarily liable therefor, and they shall be fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States, and such guaranty shall be expressed on the face of the debentures. I n the event the Armed Services Housing Mortgage Insurance Fund fails to pay upon demand, when due, the principal of or interest on any debentures so guaranteed, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the holders the amount thereof which is hereby authorized to be appropriated, and thereupon to the extent of the amount so paid the Secretary of the Treasury shall succeed to all the rights of the holders of such debentures. " (g) The certificate of claim issued by the Commissioner to any mortgagee in connection with the insurance of mortgages under this title shall be for an amount determined in accordance with subsections (e) and (f) of section 604 of this Act, except that any amount remaining after the payment of the full amount under the certificate of claim shall be retained by the Commissioner and credited to the Armed Services Housing Mortgage Insurance Fund. " (h) The provisions of section 207(k) and section 207(1) of this Act shall be applicable to mortgages insured under this title and to property acquired by the Commissioner hereunder, except that as applied to such mortgages and property (1) all references in such sections to the 'Housing Fund' shall be construed to refer to the 'Armed Services Housing Mortgage Insurance Fund', and (2) the reference in section 207(k) to 'subsection (g) ' shall be construed to refer to 'subsection (d) ' of this section. " (i) The Commissioner shall also have power to insure under this title or title II any mortgage executed in connection with the sale by him of any property acquired under this title without regard to any limit as to eligibility, time or aggregate amount contained in this title or title II. " (j) Any contract of insurance executed by the Commissioner under this title shall be conclusive evidence of the eligibility of the mortgage for insurance and the validity of any contract of insurance so executed shall be incontestable in the hands of an approved mortgagee from the date of the execution of such contract, except for fraud or misrepresentation on the part of such approved mortgagee. "SEC. 804. (a) Moneys in the Armed Services Housing Mortgage Insurance Fund not needed for current operations under this title shall be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the Armed Services Housing Mortgage Insurance Fund, or invested in bonds or other obligations of, or in bonds or other obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States. The Commissioner may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, purchase in the open market debentures issued under the provisions of this title. Such purchases shall be made at a price which will provide an investment yield of not less than the yield obtainable from other investments authorized by this section. Debentures so purchased shall be canceled and not reissued. " (b) Premium charges, adjusted premium charges, and appraisal and other fees, received on account of the insurance of any mortgage insured under this title, the receipts derived from any such mortgage or claim assigned to the Commissioner and from any property acquired by the Commissioner, and all earnings on the assets of the Armed Services Housing Mortgage Insurance Fund, shall be credited to the Armed Services Housing Mortgage Insurance Fund. The principal of and interest paid and to be paid on debentures issued in exchange for any mortgage or property insured under this title, cash adjustments, and expenses incurred in the handling of such mortgages or property and in the foreclosure and collection of mortgages and