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• FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY, AND ENFORCEMENT ACT (FIRREA)
  
  A federal law enacted in 1989. FIRREA primarily addresses the operation of savings and loan associations; however, it includes a number of important provisions affecting commercial banks. Arguably the most important FIRREA provisions affecting banks are those that address requirements for real estate appraisals.
  
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