---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 1734"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "1734"
heading: "Amendment, extension, or increase of commitment amounts"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/1734"
units:
  - "Chapter 13 — National Housing"
  - "Subchapter V — Miscellaneous"
---

# §1734. Amendment, extension, or increase of commitment amounts


At any time prior to final endorsement for insurance, the [Secretary](/usc/12/1715z–22a.md?p=4), in his discretion, may amend, extend, or increase the amount of any commitment, provided the [mortgage](/usc/12/1707.md?p=a), as finally endorsed for insurance is eligible for insurance under the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations thereunder, in effect at the time the original commitment to insure was issued.


## Source credit

(June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title V, § 515 as added Oct. 25, 1949, ch. 729, § 3, 63 Stat. 906; amended Pub. L. 90–19, § 1(a)(3), May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 17; Pub. L. 98–479, title II, § 204(a)(20), Oct. 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 2232.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984—Pub. L. 98–479 struck out “; mortgage conditions” after “amounts” in section catchline.

1967—Pub. L. 90–19 substituted “Secretary” for “Commissioner”.