Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 31. Rural Electrification and Telephone Service
75 sections
Subchapter I — Rural Electrification
- 901Short title
- 902General authority of Secretary of Agriculture
- 903Authorization of appropriations
- 904Loans for electrical plants and transmission lines
- 905Fees for certain loan guarantees
- 906Funding for administrative expenses
- 906aUse of funds outside the United States or its territories prohibited
- 907Acquisition of property pledged for loans; disposition; sale of pledged property by borrower
- 908Limitations on use of assistance
- 909Administration on nonpolitical basis; dismissal of officers or employees for violating provision
- 910Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 777
- 911Acceptance of services of Federal or State officers; application of civil service laws; expenditures for supplies and equipment
- 911aRepealed. Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 235(a)(5)
- 912Extension of time for repayment of loans
- 912aRescheduling and refinancing of loans
- 913Definitions
- 914Separability
- 915Purchase of financial and credit reports
- 916Criteria for loans
- 917Prohibition on restricting water and waste facility services to electric customers
- 918General prohibitions
- 918aEnergy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities efficiency grants and loans in rural communities with extremely high energy costs
- 918bAcquisition of existing systems in rural communities with high energy costs
- 918cRural and remote communities electrification grants
Subchapter II — Rural Telephone Service
- 921Congressional declaration of policy
- 921a, 921bRepealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6602(b)(13)
- 922Loans for telephone service
- 923State regulation of telephone service
- 924Definition of telephone service and rural area
- 925Loan feasibility
- 926Certain rural development investments by qualified telephone borrowers not treated as dividends or distributions
- 927General duties and prohibitions
- 928Prompt processing of telephone loans
Subchapter III — Rural Electric and Telephone Direct Loan Programs
- 930Congressional declaration of policy
- 931Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
- 931aLevel of loan programs under Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
- 932Liabilities and uses of Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
- 933Moneys in the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
- 934Authorized financial transactions; interim notes; purchase of obligations for resale; sale of notes and certificates; liens
- 935Insured loans; interest rates and lending levels
- 936Guaranteed loans; accommodations and subordination of liens; interest rates; assignability of guaranteed loans and related guarantees
- 936aPrepayment of loans
- 936bSale or prepayment of direct or insured loans
- 936cRefinancing and prepayment of FFB loans
- 936dEligibility of distribution borrowers for loans, loan guarantees, and lien accommodations
- 936eAdministrative prohibitions applicable to certain electric borrowers
- 936fSubstantially underserved trust areas
- 937Loans from other credit sources
- 938Full faith and credit of the United States
- 939Loan terms and conditions
- 940Refinancing of rural development loans
- 940aRepealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 780
- 940bUse of funds
- 940cCushion of credit payments program
- 940c–1Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes
- 940c–2Rural development loans and grants
- 940dRepealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(b)
- 940eExpansion of 911 access
- 940fExtension of period of existing guarantee
- 940gElectric loans for renewable energy
- 940hBonding requirements
- 940iCybersecurity and grid security improvements
Subchapter IV — Rural Telephone Bank
Subchapter V — Rural Economic Development
Subchapter VI — Rural Broadband Access
- 950bbAccess to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas
- 950bb–1Expansion of middle mile infrastructure into rural areas
- 950bb–2Innovative Broadband Advancement Program
- 950bb–3Community Connect Grant Program
- 950bb–4Outdated broadband systems
- 950bb–5Default and deobligation; deferral
- 950bb–6Federal broadband program coordination