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TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 31--RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER I--RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
Sec. 901. Short title
This chapter may be cited as the ``Rural Electrification Act of
1936''.
(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.)
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.''
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.
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.''