The Secretary is authorized to act as an agent of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to recommend insurance of any mortgage meeting the requirements of section 1709 of title 12.
(July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title V, § 531, as added Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title V, § 520], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1249.)