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Authority of the Federal Financing Bank to Provide Loans to the Resolution Trust Corporation
The Resolution Trust Corporation is a "federal agency" within the meaning of the Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973, and the RTC is authorized to issue financial obligations under the Federal Home Loan Bank Act. Accordingly, under the FFB Act the Federal Financing Bank is authorized to provide loans to the RTC. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/23346/download.
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