Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 50 — Agricultural Credit
§ 2008e. Prohibition under rural development programs
Statutory text
Prohibition
Assistance under any rural development program administered by the Rural Development Administration, the Farmers Home Administration, the Rural Electrification Administration, or any other agency of the Department of Agriculture shall not be conditioned on any requirement that the recipient of such assistance accept or receive electric service from any particular utility, supplier, or cooperative.
Ensuring compliance
The Secretary shall establish, by regulation, adequate safeguards to ensure that assistance under such rural development programs is not subject to such a condition. Such safeguards shall include periodic certifications and audits, and appropriate measures and sanctions against any person violating, or attempting to violate, the prohibition in subsection (a).
Regulations
Not later than 6 months after , the Secretary shall issue interim final regulations to ensure compliance with subsection (a).
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.
Agricultural Act of 1961
Pub. L. 87–128 title III § 370 · 75 Stat. 294
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2008e
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 370, as added Pub. L. 103–129, § 5, Nov. 1, 1993, 107 Stat. 1366.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 370, as added Pub. L. 103–129, § 5, Nov. 1, 1993, 107 Stat. 1366.)
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Credits
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 370, as added Pub. L. 103–129, § 5, , 107 Stat. 1366.)