Us Code § 27 - Mortgage lending business defined

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§ 27. Mortgage lending business defined

In this title, the term "mortgage lending business" means an organization which finances or refinances any debt secured by an interest in real estate, including private mortgage companies and any subsidiaries of such organizations, and whose activities affect interstate or foreign commerce.

(Added Pub. L. 111–21, §2(b)(1), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1617.)

CHAPTER 2—AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES

Sec.
31.
Definitions.
32.
Destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities.
33.
Destruction of motor vehicles or motor vehicle facilities.
34.
Penalty when death results.
35.
Imparting or conveying false information.
36.
Drive-by shooting.
37.
Violence at international airports.
38.
Fraud involving aircraft or space vehicle parts in interstate or foreign commerce.
39.
Traffic signal preemption transmitters.
39A.
Aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft 1

        

39B.
Unsafe operation of unmanned aircraft.
40.
Commercial motor vehicles required to stop for inspections.
40A.
Operation of unauthorized unmanned aircraft over wildfires.

        

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title III, §§382(b), 384(b), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3320, 3323, added items 39B and 40A.

2012—Pub. L. 112–95, title III, §311(b), Feb. 14, 2012, 126 Stat. 66, transferred item 39 to appear after item 38 and added item 39A.

2008—Pub. L. 110–244, title III, §301(j), June 6, 2008, 122 Stat. 1616, redesignated item 39 "Commercial motor vehicles required to stop for inspections" as item 40.

2005—Pub. L. 109–59, title II, §2018(b), title IV, §4143(c)(1), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1543, 1748, added item 39 "Commercial motor vehicles required to stop for inspections" and item 39 "Traffic signal preemption transmitters".

2000—Pub. L. 106–181, title V, §506(c)(2)(A), Apr. 5, 2000, 114 Stat. 139, added item 38.

1994—Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, §§60008(c), 60021(b), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1972, 1980, added items 36 and 37.

1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a period.

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