---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 3337"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "3337"
heading: "Startup funding"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/3337"
units:
  - "Chapter 34A — Appraisal Subcommittee of Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council"
---

# §3337. Startup funding

- (a) **In general—** For purposes of this chapter, the [Secretary](/usc/12/1715z–22a.md?p=4) of the Treasury shall pay to the [Appraisal Subcommittee](/usc/12/3350.md?p=2) a one-time payment of $5,000,000 on August 9, 1989. Thereafter, expenses of the [subcommittee](/usc/12/3350.md?p=2) shall be funded through the collection of registry fees from certain certified and licensed appraisers pursuant to [section 3338 of this title](/usc/12/3338.md) or, if required, pursuant to [section 3351(b)](/usc/12/3351.md?p=b)[^1] of this title.
- (b) **Additional funds—** Except as provided in [section 3351(b)](/usc/12/3351.md?p=b)[^1] of this title, funds in addition to the funds provided under [subsection (a)](#a) may be made available to the [Appraisal Subcommittee](/usc/12/3350.md?p=2) only if authorized and appropriated by law.
- (c) **Repayment of Treasury loan—** Not later than September 30, 1998, the [Appraisal Subcommittee](/usc/12/3350.md?p=2) shall repay to the [Secretary](/usc/12/1715z–22a.md?p=4) of the Treasury the unpaid portion of the $5,000,000 paid to the [Appraisal Subcommittee](/usc/12/3350.md?p=2) pursuant to this section.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–73, title XI, § 1108, Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 513; Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title II, § 2212, Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–411.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 3351(b) of this title, referred to in text, was redesignated section 3351(c) of this title by Pub. L. 103–325, title III, § 315(1), Sept. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 2222.

### Amendments

1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–208 added subsec. (c).