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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1987

101 STAT. 1906

PUBLIC LAW 100-242—FEB. 5, 1988

mortgagor shall be entitled, at the option of the mortgagee, to fund the excess with a letter of credit. In such event, mortgage proceeds may be advanced to the mortgagor prior to any demand being made on the letter of credit.". (d)

12 USC 1715Z-7.

IMMEDIATE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HOS-

PiTALS.—Section 242(f) of the National Housing Act is amended by adding at the end the following: "The Secretary shall begin immediately to process applications of public facilities for mortgage insurance under this section in accordance with regulations, guidelines, and procedures applicable to facilities of private nonprofit corporations and associations.". (e) REPORT ON INSURANCE UNDER SECTION 242.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the long-term financial exposure of the Federal Government under the mortgage insurance program pursuant to section 242 of the National Housing Act. Not later than October 1, 1988, the Comptroller General of the United States shall transmit to the Congress a report setting forth the results of such study, including documentation of the long-term financial exposure determined in the course of such study and recommendations for such legislation as the Comptroller General deems appropriate. SEC. 413. MORTGAGE INSURANCE ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS AND INDIAN RESERVATIONS. (a) APPLICABILITY OF MORTGAGE INSURANCE ON HAWAIIAN HOME

12 USC 1715Z-12.

LANDS.—Section 247(c)(1) of the National Housing Act is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: "(or, in the case of an individual who succeeds a spouse or parent in an interest in a lease of Hawaiian home lands, such lower percentage as may be established for such succession under section 209 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, or under the corresponding provision of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii adopted under section 4 of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union', approved March 18, 1959 (73 Stat. 5))". Oa) MORTGAGE INSURANCE ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS AS OBLIGATIONS OF GENERAL INSURANCE FUND.—Section 247 of the National

Housing Act is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: "(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the insurance of a mortgage using the authority contained in this section shall be the obligation of the General Insurance Fund established in section 519. The mortgagee shall be eligible to receive the benefits of insurance as provided in section 204 with respect to mortgages insured pursuant to this section, except that (1) all references in section 204 to the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund or the Fund shall be construed to refer to the General Insurance Fund; and (2) all references in section 204 to section 203 shall be construed to refer to the section under which the mortgage is insured.". (c) MORTGAGE INSURANCE ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS AS OBLIGATIONS OF GENERAL INSURANCE FUND.—Section 248 of the National

12 USC 1715Z-13.

Housing Act is amended— (1) in paragraphs (3) and (5) of subsection (f), by striking "insurance fund' each place it appears and inserting "General Insurance Fund";