[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20932]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




INCREASING THE FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION MORTGAGE COMMITMENT LEVEL

  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 1571.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1571) to increase the Federal Housing 
     Administration mortgage commitment level to carry out the 
     purposes of section 203(b) of the National Housing Act.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read the third time and passed; that the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table; and that any statements relating to this measure be 
printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1571) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1571

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,
       Notwithstanding the first paragraph of the item in title II 
     of Division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 
     2003 (Public Law 108-7) relating to ``Federal Housing 
     Administration--mutual mortgage insurance program account'', 
     during the fiscal year 2003, commitments to guarantee loans 
     to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National 
     Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709), shall not exceed a loan 
     principal of $185,000,000,000.

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