AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE THIRD PARTY FEEDER FUND AGREEMENT AMONG HOMESTEAD FUNDS, INC., RE INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

Exhibit (h)(6)

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE

THIRD PARTY FEEDER FUND

AGREEMENT

AMONG

HOMESTEAD FUNDS, INC.,

RE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

AND

MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

     The Third Party Feeder Fund Agreement among Homestead Funds, Inc., RE Investment Corporation and Master Investment Portfolio dated as of July 18, 2007 (the “Agreement”) is hereby amended as follows:

     Effective December 1, 2009, Schedule B to the Agreement shall be, and hereby is, replaced and superseded by the version of Schedule B attached hereto.

     This Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement (this “Amendment”) supplements the Agreement and all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement continue to remain in full force and effect, provided that to the extent there is a conflict between this Amendment and the Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall control. Except as otherwise specified herein, all terms used in this Amendment shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers, thereunto duly authorized, as of December 1, 2009.

Homestead Funds, Inc.,
on behalf of itself and the
funds identified on Schedule A of the Agreement

By:		/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇   Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
		Title: President
RE Investment Corporation
By:		/s/ Stuart Teach   Name: Stuart Teach
		Title: President
MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO,
on behalf of itself and
the Master Portfolios identified on Schedule B hereto
By:		/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇   Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
		Title: Treasurer and CFO

SCHEDULE B

MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS

S&P 500 Stock Master Portfolio

Approved: July 18, 2007
As Amended: December 1, 2009