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§ 2347.
Administration of financial assistance
(a)
Powers of Secretary
In making and administering guarantees and loans under section 2344 of this title, the Secretary may—
(1)
require security for any such guarantee or loan, and enforce, waive, or subordinate such security;
(2)
assign or sell at public or private sale, or otherwise dispose of, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as he shall determine to be reasonable, any evidence of debt, contract, claim, personal property, or security assigned to or held by him in connection with such guarantees or loans, and collect, compromise, and obtain deficiency judgments with respect to all obligations assigned to or held by him in connection with such guarantees or loans until such time as such obligations may be referred to the Attorney General for suit or collection;
(3)
renovate, improve, modernize, complete, insure, rent, sell, or otherwise deal with, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as he shall determine to be reasonable, any real or personal property conveyed to or otherwise acquired by him in connection with such guarantees or loans;
(4)
acquire, hold, transfer, release, or convey any real or personal property or any interest therein whenever deemed necessary or appropriate, and execute all legal documents for such purposes; and
(5)
exercise all such other powers and take all such other acts as may be necessary or incidental to the carrying out of functions pursuant to section 2344 of this title.
(b)
Recordation of mortgages
(c)
Availability of receipts for financing functions
(d)
Privileged or confidential information
(e)
Capital assets secured by first lien; exceptions
(Pub. L. 93–618, title II, § 257, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2033; Pub. L. 97–35, title XXV, § 2525, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 892.)
cite as: 19 USC 2347