Sec 901

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7 USC Sec. 901 01/19/04

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TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER 31 - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE

SUBCHAPTER I - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION

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Sec. 901. Short title

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This chapter may be cited as the "Rural Electrification Act of

1936".

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(May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title I, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1363; 1939 Reorg.

Plan No. II, Sec. 5, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2732, 53 Stat. 1434;

Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 776, Sec. 2, 63 Stat. 948; Pub. L. 103-354,

title II, Sec. 235(a)(1), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3220.)

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AMENDMENTS

1994 - Pub. L. 103-354 added section catchline and text and

struck out former text which read as follows: "There is hereby

created and established an agency of the United States to be known

as the 'Rural Electrification Administration', all of the powers of

which shall be exercised by an Administrator, who shall be

appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of

the Senate, for a term of ten years, and who shall receive a salary

of $10,000 per year. This chapter may be cited as the 'Rural

Electrification Act of 1936'."

1949 - Act Oct. 28, 1949, inserted "title I," in credit of act

May 20, 1936.

SHORT TITLE OF 1993 AMENDMENT

Pub. L. 103-129, Sec. 1, Nov. 1, 1993, 107 Stat. 1356, provided

that: "This Act [enacting sections 936d, 936e, and 2008e of this

title, amending sections 902, 904, 913, 918, 924, 935, 936c, 937,

939, 940d, 946, 948, 1926, and 2006f of this title, and enacting

provisions set out as a note below] may be cited as the 'Rural

Electrification Loan Restructuring Act of 1993'."

SHORT TITLE OF 1992 AMENDMENT

Pub. L. 102-428, Sec. 1, Oct. 21, 1992, 106 Stat. 2183, provided

that: "This Act [amending section 936b of this title] may be cited

as the 'Rural Electrification Administration Improvement Act of

1992'."

SHORT TITLE OF 1990 AMENDMENT

Pub. L. 101-624, title XXIII, Sec. 2351(a), Nov. 28, 1990, 104

Stat. 4038, provided that: "This subtitle [subtitle F (Secs.

2351-2368) of title XXIII of Pub. L. 101-624, enacting sections 918

and 925 to 928 of this title, amending sections 924, 932, 935, 936,

939, 945, 946, 948, and 950 of this title, and enacting provisions

set out as notes under this section and section 946 of this title]

may be cited as the 'Rural Telecommunications Improvements Act of

1990'."

SHORT TITLE OF 1976 AMENDMENT

Pub. L. 94-570, Sec. 1, Oct. 20, 1976, 90 Stat. 2701, provided:

"That this Act [amending sections 931 and 935 of this title and

enacting provisions set out as a note under section 935 of this

title] may be cited as the 'Rural Electrification Administration

Technical Amendments Act of 1976'."

REGULATIONS

Pub. L. 103-129, Sec. 6, Nov. 1, 1993, 107 Stat. 1367, provided

that: "Except as provided in section 2(b) of the Rural

Electrification Act of 1936 [7 U.S.C. 902(b)] and section 370 of

the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act [7 U.S.C. 2008e],

as added by sections 2(c)(1)(C) and 5 of this Act, not later than

45 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 1, 1993],

interim final regulations shall be issued by -

"(1) the Administrator of the Rural Electrification

Administration to carry out the amendments made by this Act [see

Short Title of 1993 Amendment note above] to programs

administered by the Administrator;

"(2) the Administrator of the Rural Development Administration

to carry out the amendments made by this Act to programs

administered by the Administrator; and

"(3) the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the amendments

made by this Act to programs administered by the Farmers Home

Administration."

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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department

of Agriculture transferred with certain exceptions, to Secretary of

Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 1953,

18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of

this title.

Rural Electrification Administration and its functions and

activities transferred to Department of Agriculture, to be

administered therein by Administrator under general direction and

supervision of Secretary of Agriculture, by 1939 Reorg. Plan No.

II, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and

Employees. See also sections 401 to 404 of that plan for provisions

relating to transfer of functions, records, property, personnel,

and funds.

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FINDINGS; STATEMENT OF POLICY

Pub. L. 101-624, title XXIII, Sec. 2352, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat.

4038, provided that:

"(a) Findings. - The Congress finds that -

"(1) making modern telecommunications technology and services

available in rural areas in the United States promotes economic

development and improves the quality of life in rural areas; and

"(2) the efficient operation of the Rural Telephone Bank and

the Rural Electrification Administration telephone loan programs

is essential to the continued development of the

telecommunications infrastructure in rural areas in the United

States.

"(b) Statement of Policy. - It is the policy of the Congress that

the Rural Telephone Bank and the Rural Electrification

Administration make loans that facilitate the development and

enhancement of the rural telecommunications infrastructure in order

to make modern telecommunications technology and services available

at reasonable rates to the greatest practicable number of people in

rural areas in the United States."

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