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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 59 — Rural Fire Protection, Development, and Small Farm Research and Education

§ 2667. Regulations

Statutory text

The Secretary may issue such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.

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. Rural Development Act of 1972

    Pub. L. 92–419 title V § 507 · 86 Stat. 657

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2667

    Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 507, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1326

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 507, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1326

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 507. Definitions.— For tire purposes of this title— (a) “Rural development” means the planning, financing, and development of facilities and services in rural areas that contribute to making these areas desirable places in which to live and make private and business investments; the planning, development, and expansion of business and industry in rural areas to provide increased employment and income; the planning, development, conservation, and use of land, water, and other natural resources of rural areas to maintain or enhance the quality of the environment for people and business in rural areas; and processes and procedures that have said objectives as their major purposes. (b) The word “State” means the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

  2. Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–334 title VI § 6101(a)(3)(B) · 132 Stat. 4490

    Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2667

    Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “The Secretary may issue” for “The Secretary of Agriculture may issue”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “The Secretary may issue” for “The Secretary of Agriculture may issue”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (B) by striking “Secretary of Agriculture” each place it appears (other than in section 502 in the matter preceding subsection (a)) and inserting “Secretary”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2667, Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 507, , 86 Stat. 674; Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1442, , 91 Stat. 1006; Pub. L. 96–355, § 4(4), , 94 Stat. 1174, set forth definitions for purposes of this subchapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), , 95 Stat. 1326.

Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in former section 2668 of this title, which was omitted from the Code.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “The Secretary may issue” for “The Secretary of Agriculture may issue”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.

Credits

1981–2018 · 2 acts
  1. 1981Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 507, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), , 95 Stat. 1326
  2. 2018amended Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6101(a)(3)(B), , 132 Stat. 4727.
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(Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 507, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), , 95 Stat. 1326; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6101(a)(3)(B), , 132 Stat. 4727.)

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