---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 1706d"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "1706d"
heading: "Applicability"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/1706d"
units:
  - "Chapter 13 — National Housing"
  - "Subchapter I — Housing Renovation and Modernization"
---

# §1706d. Applicability


The provisions of sections [1703](/usc/12/1703.md) and [1706c](/usc/12/1706c.md) of this title shall be applicable in the several [States](/usc/12/1707.md?p=d) and Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.


## Source credit

(June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title I, § 9, as added July 14, 1952, ch. 723, § 10(a)(1), 66 Stat. 603; amended Pub. L. 86–70, § 10(a), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 142; Pub. L. 86–624, § 6, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 411; Pub. L. 91–152, title IV, § 403(c)(3), Dec. 24, 1969, 83 Stat. 395; Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title IV, § 407(a)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1211; Pub. L. 100–242, title IV, § 429(b), Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1918.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–242 inserted “Applicability” as section catchline.

1983—Pub. L. 98–181 inserted “American Samoa,” after “Pacific Islands,”.

1969—Pub. L. 91–152 inserted “the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,” after “Guam,”.

1960—Pub. L. 86–624 struck out “Hawaii,” before “Puerto Rico”.

1959—Pub. L. 86–70 struck out “Alaska,” before “Hawaii”.

### Executive Documents

### Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.