§ 913. Definitions

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. 1936

   Pub. L. 74–432 · 49 Stat. 513

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 913

   May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title I, § 13, 49 Stat. 1367

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title I, § 13, 49 Stat. 1367

2. 1993

   Pub. L. 103–129 § 2(c)(3) · 107 Stat. 1356

   1. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 913

      Pub. L. 103–129 inserted “, except as provided in section 924(b) of this title,” before “shall be deemed to mean”

   2. Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 913

      Pub. L. 103–129 substituted “urban area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census” for “city, village, or borough having a population in excess of fifteen hundred inhabitants,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–129 inserted “, except as provided in section 924(b) of this title,” before “shall be deemed to mean” and substituted “urban area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census” for “city, village, or borough having a population in excess of fifteen hundred inhabitants,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (C) by inserting after subsection (b) (as so redesignated) the following new subsections:

3. 1994

   Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–354 title II § 235(a)(6) · 108 Stat. 3178

   Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 913

   Pub. L. 103–354 inserted before period at end “; and the term ‘Secretary’ shall be deemed to mean the Secretary of Agriculture”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–354 inserted before period at end “; and the term ‘Secretary’ shall be deemed to mean the Secretary of Agriculture”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (6) in section 13 (7 U.S.C. 913), by inserting before the period at the end the following: “; and the term ‘Secretary’ shall be deemed to mean the Secretary of Agriculture”;

4. 2008

   Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

   Pub. L. 110–246 § 6104 · 122 Stat. 1651

   Amended · 7 U.S.C. § 913

   Pub. L. 110–246, § 6104, amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “As used in this chapter the term ‘rural area’, except as provided in section 924(b) of this title, shall be deemed to mean any area of the United States not included within the boundaries of any urban area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census, and such term shall be deemed to include both the farm and nonfarm population thereof; the term ‘farm’ shall be deemed to mean a farm as defined in the publications of the Bureau of the Census; the term ‘person’ shall be deemed to mean any natural person, firm, corporation, or association; the term ‘Territory’ shall be deemed to include any insular possession of the United States; and the term ‘Secretary’ shall be deemed to mean the Secretary of Agriculture.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 110–246, § 6104, amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “As used in this chapter the term ‘rural area’, except as provided in section 924(b) of this title, shall be deemed to mean any area of the United States not included within the boundaries of any urban area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census, and such term shall be deemed to include both the farm and nonfarm population thereof; the term ‘farm’ shall be deemed to mean a farm as defined in the publications of the Bureau of the Census; the term ‘person’ shall be deemed to mean any natural person, firm, corporation, or association; the term ‘Territory’ shall be deemed to include any insular possession of the United States; and the term ‘Secretary’ shall be deemed to mean the Secretary of Agriculture.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 6104. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ASSISTANCE.   Section 13 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 913) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 13. DEFINITIONS.   “In this Act: “(1) Farm.— The term ‘farm’ means a farm, as defined by the Bureau of the Census. “(2) Indian tribe.— The term ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). “(3) Rural area.— Except as provided otherwise in this Act, the term ‘rural area’ means the farm and nonfarm population of— “(A) any area described in section 343(a)(13)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(C)); and “(B) any area within a service area of a borrower for which a borrower has an outstanding loan made under titles I through V as of the date of enactment of this paragraph. “(4) Territory.— The term ‘territory’ includes any insular possession of the United States. “(5) Secretary.— The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Agriculture.” .

   Effective date note
   Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.

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