Title 12 — Banks and Banking
Part D · Chapter 23 — Farm Credit System
§ 2205. Interest rates
Statutory text
Interest rates on loans from institutions of the Farm Credit System shall not be subject to any interest rate limitation imposed by any State constitution or statute or other laws. Such limitation is preempted for purposes of this chapter. Interest rates on loans made by agricultural credit corporations organized in conjunction with cooperative associations for the purpose of financing the ordinary crop operations of the members of such associations or other producers and eligible to discount with the Farm Credit Banks shall be exempt from any interest rate limitation imposed by any State constitution or statute or other laws which are hereby preempted for purposes of this chapter.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Farm Credit Act of 1971
Pub. L. 92–181 title IV § 4 · 85 Stat. 583
Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 2205
Pub. L. 92–181, title IV, § 4.17, as added Pub. L. 96–592, title IV, § 403, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3446
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 92–181, title IV, § 4.17, as added Pub. L. 96–592, title IV, § 403, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3446Enacted provision · exact public law section
(4) Sue and be sued.Farm Credit Amendments Act of 1985
Pub. L. 99–205 title II § 205(f)(6) · 99 Stat. 1678
Inserted · 12 U.S.C. § 2205
Pub. L. 99–205 inserted “, as provided in section 2252(a)(5) of this title,” after “with the approval of” in first sentence
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 99–205 inserted “, as provided in section 2252(a)(5) of this title,” after “with the approval of” in first sentence.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(6) in the first sentence of section 4.17, inserting “, as provided in section 5.17(a)(5) of this Act,” after “with the approval of”;Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1986
Pub. L. 99–509 title I § 1035 · 100 Stat. 1874
Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 2205
Pub. L. 99–509 substituted first two sentences for former first sentence which read as follows: “Interest rates on loans from institutions of the Farm Credit System shall be determined with the approval of, as provided in section 2252(a)(5) of this title, the Farm Credit Administration as provided in this chapter, notwithstanding any interest rate limitation imposed by any State constitution or statute or other laws which are hereby preempted for purposes of this chapter.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 99–509 substituted first two sentences for former first sentence which read as follows: “Interest rates on loans from institutions of the Farm Credit System shall be determined with the approval of, as provided in section 2252(a)(5) of this title, the Farm Credit Administration as provided in this chapter, notwithstanding any interest rate limitation imposed by any State constitution or statute or other laws which are hereby preempted for purposes of this chapter.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1035. DETERMINATION OF INTEREST RATES. Loans. State and local governments. Section 4.17 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2205) is amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “Interest rates on loans from institutions of the Farm Credit System shall not be subject to any interest rate limitation imposed by any State constitution or statute or other laws. Such limitation is preempted for purposes of this Act.”.Agricultural Credit Technical Corrections Act of 1988
Pub. L. 100–399 title IX § 901(h) · 102 Stat. 989
Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 2205
Pub. L. 100–399 substituted “and Farm Credit Banks” for “pursuant to section 2074 of this title”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 100–399 substituted “and Farm Credit Banks” for “pursuant to section 2074 of this title”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(h) Section 4.17 is amended by striking out “pursuant to section 12 USC 2205. 2.3 of this Act” and inserting in lieu thereof “and Farm Credit Banks”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–399 effective immediately after amendment made by section 401 of Pub. L. 100–233, which was effective 6 months after Jan. 6, 1988, see section 1001(b) of Pub. L. 100–399, set out as a note under section 2002 of this title.Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–334 title V § 5411(24) · 132 Stat. 4490
Struck · 12 U.S.C. § 2205
Pub. L. 115–334 struck out “Federal intermediate credit banks and” before “Farm Credit Banks”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–334 struck out “Federal intermediate credit banks and” before “Farm Credit Banks”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(24) Section 4.17 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2205) is amended in the third sentence by striking “Federal intermediate credit banks and”.
5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments1985–2018 · 4 rounds
2018
Pub. L. 115–334 struck out “Federal intermediate credit banks and” before “Farm Credit Banks”.
1988
Pub. L. 100–399 substituted “and Farm Credit Banks” for “pursuant to section 2074 of this title”.
1986
Pub. L. 99–509 substituted first two sentences for former first sentence which read as follows: “Interest rates on loans from institutions of the Farm Credit System shall be determined with the approval of, as provided in section 2252(a)(5) of this title, the Farm Credit Administration as provided in this chapter, notwithstanding any interest rate limitation imposed by any State constitution or statute or other laws which are hereby preempted for purposes of this chapter.”
1985
Pub. L. 99–205 inserted “, as provided in section 2252(a)(5) of this title,” after “with the approval of” in first sentence.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–399 effective immediately after amendment made by section 401 of Pub. L. 100–233, which was effective 6 months after , see section 1001(b) of Pub. L. 100–399, set out as a note under section 2002 of this title.
Effective Date of 1985 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 99–205 effective thirty days after , see section 401 of Pub. L. 99–205, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.
Credits
1980–2018 · 5 acts
- 1980Pub. L. 92–181, title IV, § 4.17, as added Pub. L. 96–592, title IV, § 403, , 94 Stat. 3446
- 1985amended Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 205(f)(6), , 99 Stat. 1706
- 1986Pub. L. 99–509, title I, § 1035, , 100 Stat. 1878
- 1988Pub. L. 100–399, title IX, § 901(h), , 102 Stat. 1007
- 2018Pub. L. 115–334, title V, § 5411(24), , 132 Stat. 4682.
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(Pub. L. 92–181, title IV, § 4.17, as added Pub. L. 96–592, title IV, § 403, , 94 Stat. 3446; amended Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 205(f)(6), , 99 Stat. 1706; Pub. L. 99–509, title I, § 1035, , 100 Stat. 1878; Pub. L. 100–399, title IX, § 901(h), , 102 Stat. 1007; Pub. L. 115–334, title V, § 5411(24), , 132 Stat. 4682.)