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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 50 — Agricultural Credit

§ 1949. Graduation of borrowers with operating loans or guarantees to private commercial credit

Statutory text

The Secretary shall establish a plan, in coordination with activities under sections 2006a, 2006b, 2006c, and 2006d of this title, to encourage each borrower with an outstanding loan under this subchapter or with respect to whom there is an outstanding guarantee under this subchapter to graduate to private commercial or other sources of credit.

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.

  1. Agricultural Act of 1961

    Pub. L. 87–128 title III § 319 · 75 Stat. 294

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1949

    Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 319, as added Pub. L. 102–554, § 9, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4150

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 319, as added Pub. L. 102–554, § 9, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4150

  2. Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

    Pub. L. 104–127 title VI § 617 · 110 Stat. 888

    1. Added · 7 U.S.C. § 1949(b)

      Pub. L. 104–127 added subsec. (b)

    2. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 1949(b)

      Pub. L. 104–127 struck out former subsec. (b) which provided for limitation on period for which borrowers were eligible for assistance under this subchapter and contained transition rule

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–127 added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which provided for limitation on period for which borrowers were eligible for assistance under this subchapter and contained transition rule.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 617. LIMITATION ON PERIOD FOR WHICH BORROWERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR GUARANTEED ASSISTANCE. Section 319 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1949) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: “(b) Limitation on Period Borrowers Are Eligible for Guaranteed Assistance.— “(1) General rule.— Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall not guarantee a loan under this subtitle for a borrower for any year after the 15th year that a loan is made to, or a guarantee is provided with respect to, the borrower under this subtitle. “(2) Transition rule.— If, as of October 28, 1992, a farmer or rancher has received a direct or guaranteed operating loan under this subtitle during each of 10 or more previous years, the borrower shall be eligible to receive a guaranteed operating loan under this subtitle during 5 additional years after October 28, 1992.”.

  3. Agricultural Act of 2014

    Pub. L. 113–79 title V § 5107 · 128 Stat. 649

    1. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 1949

      Pub. L. 113–79 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading before “The Secretary”

    2. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 1949

      Pub. L. 113–79 struck out subsec. (b) which related to limitation on period borrowers were eligible for guaranteed assistance under this subchapter and contained transition rule

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 113–79 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading before “The Secretary” and struck out subsec. (b) which related to limitation on period borrowers were eligible for guaranteed assistance under this subchapter and contained transition rule.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 5107. TERM LIMITS ON GUARANTEED OPERATING LOANS.   Section 319 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1949) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking “(a) Graduation Plan.—”; and (2) by striking subsection (b).

4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1996–2014 · 2 rounds

2014

Pub. L. 113–79 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading before “The Secretary” and struck out subsec. (b) which related to limitation on period borrowers were eligible for guaranteed assistance under this subchapter and contained transition rule.

1996

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–127 added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which provided for limitation on period for which borrowers were eligible for assistance under this subchapter and contained transition rule.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Suspension of Limitation on Period for Which Borrowers Are Eligible for Guaranteed Assistance

Pub. L. 107–171, title V, § 5102, , 116 Stat. 343, as amended by Pub. L. 109–467, § 1, , 120 Stat. 3485; Pub. L. 110–234, title V, § 5103, , 122 Stat. 1146; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title V, § 5103, , 122 Stat. 1664, 1908, provided for the suspension of former 7 U.S.C. 1949(b) limitation on period borrowers were eligible for guaranteed assistance, beginning , and ending .

Credits

1992–2014 · 3 acts
  1. 1992Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 319, as added Pub. L. 102–554, § 9, , 106 Stat. 4150
  2. 1996amended Pub. L. 104–127, title VI, § 617, , 110 Stat. 1090
  3. 2014Pub. L. 113–79, title V, § 5107, , 128 Stat. 838.
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(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 319, as added Pub. L. 102–554, § 9, , 106 Stat. 4150; amended Pub. L. 104–127, title VI, § 617, , 110 Stat. 1090; Pub. L. 113–79, title V, § 5107, , 128 Stat. 838.)

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