Prospectus - GNMA I MBS (Single-Family Mortgages)

• Legal Form Number: HUD-11717
• Issuer: Ginnie Mae
• Section: Ginnie Mae

Prospectus

Ginnie Mae I

Single-Family Mortgages

U.S. Department of Housing

and Urban Development

Government National Mortgage Association

$

% Ginnie Mae I Mortgage-Backed Securities

(Single-Family Mortgages)

Guaranteed as to the Timely Payment of Principal and Interest

by the Government National Mortgage Association

(Backed by the Full Faith and Credit of the United States)

Issued by:

Ginnie Mae Pool No.: First Payment Due:

Issue Date: Maturity Date:

Depository: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York Transfer Agent:

The securities offered hereby (the “Securities”) provide for the timely payment of principal and

interest on the fifteenth day of each month, except as stated herein, commencing in the month

following the month of issuance. Interest will accrue on the Securities at the per annum rate

specified above; installments of principal will be payable in relation to payments of principal on

the underlying pool of mortgages described herein. The maturity date for the Securities is based

on the mortgage with the latest maturity. See “Maturity, Prepayment, and Yield” herein for a

discussion of certain significant factors that should be considered by prospective investors in the

Securities offered hereby.

The Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) guarantees the timely payment

of principal and interest on the Securities. The Ginnie Mae guaranty is backed by the full faith

and credit of the United States of America.

The Securities are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as

amended, and are “exempted securities” within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934, as amended.

Ginnie Mae Guaranty

Ginnie Mae is a wholly-owned corporate instrumentality of the United States of America within

the Department of Housing and Urban Development with its principal office at 451 Seventh Street,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20410. Timely payment of the principal of and interest on the Securities

is guaranteed by Ginnie Mae pursuant to Section 306(g) of the National Housing Act of 1934, as

amended (the “National Housing Act”). Section 306(g) provides that “[t]he full faith and credit of

the United States is pledged to the payment of all amounts which may be required to be paid under

any guaranty under this subsection.” An opinion, dated December 9, 1969, of William H.

Rehnquist, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, states that such guaranties under

Section 306(g) of mortgage-backed securities of the type offered hereby are authorized to be made

by Ginnie Mae and “would constitute general obligations of the United States backed by its full

faith and credit.”

Borrowing Authority–United States Treasury

Ginnie Mae, in its corporate capacity under Section 306(d) of the National Housing Act, may issue

to the United States Treasury its general obligations in an amount outstanding at any one time

sufficient to enable Ginnie Mae, with no limitations as to amount, to perform its obligations under

its guaranty of the timely payment of the principal of and interest on the Securities offered hereby.

The Treasury is authorized to purchase any obligations so issued.

The Treasury Department has indicated that it will make loans to Ginnie Mae, if needed, to

implement the aforementioned guaranty as stated in the following letter:

The Secretary of the Treasury

Washington February 13, 1970

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I wish to refer to your letter of November 14, 1969 asking whether the timely payment of principal and

interest on mortgage-backed securities of the pass-through type guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage

Association under Section 306(g) of the National Housing Act under its management and liquidating function is a

function for which the Association may properly borrow from the T reasury.

It is the opinion of the Treasury Department that the Association may properly borrow from the Treasury for

the purpose of assuring the timely payment of principal and interest on guaranteed pass-through type mortgage-backed

securities as described in Chapter 3 paragraph 6 of the Mortgage-Backe d Securities Guide dated December 1969.

Accordingly, the Treasury will make loans to the Association for the foregoing purposes under the procedure provided

in subsection (d) of Section 306 of Title III of the National Housing A ct.

Sincerely,

DAVID M. KENNEDY

The Honorable George Romney

Secretary of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

Washington, D.C. 20410