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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Reading Room is a searchable archive of Federal Housing Finance Board decision documents. The archive includes documents dating from the Finance Board’s establishment in 1989 to the current date. If you click on the document name, you will see a short description of the type of document and, separated by year of issuance, a list of each document of that type, including issuance date, identifying number, and title. To view or print a document, click on the document title. To view the Finance Board's FOIA Reading Room Certification, click here.
 Advisory Bulletins |
| Approval Letters |
| Chairperson Orders |
| Federal Register Notices |
| FHFA Documents |
 General Counsel Opinions |
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General Counsel Opinions are written statements advising the Board of Directors and other Finance Board officials and the Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal Home Loan Bank members, the Office of Finance, and other individuals or entities, as necessary, on interpretations of law, regulation, or policy. General Counsel Opinions are numbered in sequence by year with the prefix “GC”, e.g., 2001-GC-##. |
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1996 |
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December 18 |
1996-GC-10: Authority of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago to Establish a Pilot Mortgage Partnership Finance Program |
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September 10 |
1996-GC-09: Political Activities of Federal Home Loan Bank Directors |
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August 21 |
1996-GC-08: Use of Community Investment Program (CIP) Advances to Purchase Housing Bonds and Mortgage Backed Securities |
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June 27 |
1996-GC-07: Authority of the Federal Home Loan Banks to Act as Counterparties in Derivative Contracts |
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June 10 |
1996-GC-06: Interpretation of the “Readily Ascertainable Value” Requirement For Eligible Collateral Under Section 10(a)(4) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act |
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March 22 |
1996-GC-05: Federal Home Loan Bank Membership for a Member That Changes Its Charter and Then Relocates Its Home Office to, and Merges With a Member of, a Different Federal Home Loan Bank District |
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February 15 |
1996-GC-04: Compensation of Appointed, Acting or Former Federal Home Loan Bank Chairpersons |
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February 8 |
1996-GC-03: Eligibility of Municipal Bond Securities as Collateral for Federal Home Loan Bank Advances |
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February 5 |
1996-GC-02: Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 |
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January 5 |
1996-GC-01: Pledge of Collateral by a Nonmember to Support an Advance by a Federal Home Loan Bank to a Member |
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1995 |
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1994 |
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1993 |
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1992 |
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1991 |
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1990 |
| Managing Director Orders |
| No-Action Letters |
| Regulatory Interpretations |
| Resolutions |
| Supervisory Actions |
| Waivers |
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