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§ 2802. Definitions

12 U.S.C. § 2802 (N/A)
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For purposes of this chapter—

(1) the term “Bureau” means the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection;

(2) the term “mortgage loan” means a loan which is secured by residential real property or a home improvement loan;

the term “depository institution”—

(A) means— (i) any bank (as defined in section 1813(a)(1) of this title); (ii) any savings association (as defined in section 1813(b)(1) of this title); and (iii) any credit union, which makes federally related mortgage loans as determined by the Board; and

(B) includes any other lending institution (as defined in paragraph (4) [1]) other than any institution described in subparagraph (A);

(4) the term “completed application” means an application in which the creditor has received the information that is regularly obtained in evaluating applications for the amount and type of credit requested;

(5) the term “other lending institutions” means any person engaged for profit in the business of mortgage lending;

(6) the term “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and

(7) the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

(Pub. L. 94–200, title III, § 303, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1125; Pub. L. 100–242, title V, § 565(a)(1), Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1945; Pub. L. 101–73, title XII, § 1211(d), (e), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 525; Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1094(2), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2097.)

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