---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 1735e–1"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "1735e–1"
heading: "Use of American materials and products"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/1735e-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 13 — National Housing"
  - "Subchapter V — Miscellaneous"
---

# §1735e–1. Use of American materials and products


In the administration of housing assistance programs, the [Secretary](/usc/12/1715z–22a.md?p=4) of Housing and Urban Development shall encourage the use of materials and products mined and produced in the United States.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–242, title V, § 571, Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1950.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, and not as part of the National Housing Act which comprises this chapter.