7-U.S.C.-902
§902 – General Authority of Secretary of Agriculture
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- Reference: Section 902
- Legend: §902 – General Authority of Secretary of Agriculture
- USCode Year: 2013
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(a) Loans
The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this chapter as the Secretary”) is authorized and empowered to make loans in the several States and Territories of the United States for rural electrification and for the purpose of furnishing and improving electric and telephone service in rural areas, as provided in this chapter, and for the purpose of assisting electric borrowers to implement demand side management, energy efficiency and conservation programs, and on-grid and off-grid renewable energy systems.
(b) Investigations and reports
The Secretary may make, or cause to be made, studies, investigations, and reports regarding matters, including financial, technological, and regulatory matters, affecting the condition and progress of electric, telecommunications, and economic development in rural areas, and publish and disseminate information with respect to the matters.
(May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title I, §2, 49 Stat. 1363; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 776, §§2, 3, 63 Stat. 948; Pub. L. 103–129, §2(c)(1), Nov. 1, 1993, 107 Stat. 1363; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, §235(a)(2), (13), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3220, 3221; Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §771, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1149; Pub. L. 110–234, title VI, §6101, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1195; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title VI, §6101, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1956.)
Codification
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
Amendments
2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–246, §6101, inserted efficiency and” before conservation”.
1996—Pub. L. 104–127, §771(1), inserted section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–127, §771(1), (2), inserted heading, substituted The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this chapter as the ‘Secretary’) is” for The Secretary of Agriculture is”, struck out and the furnishing of electric energy to persons in rural areas who are not receiving central station service” after rural electrification”, and substituted systems.” for systems; to make, or cause to be made, studies, investigations, and reports concerning the condition and progress of the electrification of and the furnishing of adequate telephone service in rural areas in the several States and Territories; and to publish and disseminate information with respect thereto.”
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–127, §771(3), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: By January 1, 1994, the Secretary shall issue interim regulations to implement the authority contained in subsection (a) of this section to make loans for the purpose of assisting electric borrowers to implement demand side management, energy conservation programs, and on-grid and off-grid renewable energy systems. If the regulations are not issued by January 1, 1994, the Secretary shall consider any demand side management, energy conservation, or renewable energy program, system, or activity that is approved by a State agency to be eligible for the loans.”
1994—Pub. L. 103–354 substituted Secretary of Agriculture” for Administrator” in subsec. (a) and Secretary” for Administrator” in two places in subsec. (b).
1993—Pub. L. 103–129 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted electric and telephone service in rural areas, as provided in this chapter, and for the purpose of assisting electric borrowers to implement demand side management, energy conservation programs, and on-grid and off-grid renewable energy systems;” for telephone service in rural areas, as hereinafter provided;”, and added subsec. (b).
1949—Act Oct. 28, 1949, authorized loans to furnish and improve rural telephone service; and inserted title I,” in credit of act May 20, 1936.
Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
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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