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12 U.S.C. § 2221 — Encouragement of conservation practices
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At the time a System institution or an agricultural mortgage loan originator (as defined in [section 2279aa of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section2279aa&num=0&edition=prelim)) approves a loan made to a borrower that, in the opinion of the institution or originator, would be ineligible for a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ([7 U.S.C. 1921](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1921&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) by reason of subtitle B or C of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ([16 U.S.C. 3811](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3811&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), the institution or originator, as the case may be, shall encourage the borrower to contact the Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service to obtain information about soil conservation methods and practices.
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At the time a System institution or an agricultural mortgage loan originator (as defined in [section 2279aa of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section2279aa&num=0&edition=prelim)) approves a loan made to a borrower that, in the opinion of the institution or originator, would be ineligible for a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ([7 U.S.C. 1921](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1921&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) by reason of subtitle B or C of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ([16 U.S.C. 3811](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3811&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), the institution or originator, as the case may be, shall encourage the borrower to contact the Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service to obtain information about soil conservation methods and practices.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 2009ee, Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6301, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 421, defined terms.
Section 2009ee–1, Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6302, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 422, related to SEARCH grant program. See [section 1926 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1926&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 2009ee–2, Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6303, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 424, related to annual report on projects.
Section 2009ee–3, Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6304, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 424, related to funding.
#### Codification
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 repealed this subchapter. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal of this subchapter 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section8701&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Mandatory supervisory actions**
(1) **Capital restoration plan** — If the Corporation is classified as within level III, the Corporation shall, within the time period determined by the Director, submit to the Director a capital restoration plan and, after approval, carry out the plan.
(2) **Restrictions on dividends**
(A) *Prior approval* — If the Corporation is classified as within level III, the Corporation—
(i) may not make any payment of dividends that would result in the Corporation being reclassified as within level IV; and
(ii) may make any other payment of dividends only if the Director approves the payment before the payment.
(B) *Standard for approval* — If the Corporation is classified as within level III, the Director may approve a payment of dividends by the Corporation only if the Director determines that the payment (i) will enhance the ability of the Corporation to meet the risk-based capital level and the minimum capital level promptly, (ii) will contribute to the long-term safety and soundness of the Corporation, or (iii) is otherwise in the public interest.
(3) **Reclassification from level III to level IV** — The Director shall immediately reclassify the Corporation as within level IV if—
(A) the Corporation is classified as within level III; and
(B)
(i) the Corporation does not submit a capital restoration plan that is approved by the Director; or
(ii) the Director determines that the Corporation has failed to make, in good faith, reasonable efforts necessary to comply with such a capital restoration plan and fulfill the schedule for the plan approved by the Director.
**(b) Discretionary supervisory actions** In addition to any other actions taken by the Director (including actions under subsection (a)), the
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**(a) In general** Except as provided in [section 3812 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3812&num=0&edition=prelim), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who in any crop year produces an agricultural commodity on a field on which highly erodible land is predominant, or designates land on which highly erodible land is predominant to be set aside, diverted, devoted to conservation uses, or otherwise not cultivated under a program administered by the Secretary to reduce production of an agricultural commodity, as determined by the Secretary shall be ineligible for—
(1) as to any commodity produced during that crop year by such person—
(A) contract payments under a production flexibility contract, marketing assistance loans, and any type of price support or payment made available under the Agricultural Market Transition Act [[7 U.S.C. 7201](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7201&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act ([15 U.S.C. 714](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section714&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), or any other Act;
(B) a farm storage facility loan made under section 4(h) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act ([15 U.S.C. 714b(h)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section714b/h&num=0&edition=prelim));
(C) a disaster payment;
(D) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ([7 U.S.C. 1921](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1921&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or any other provision of law administered by the Consolidated Farm Service
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**(a)** The Secretary is authorized and directed to make such expenditures as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590q of title 16, including personal services and rents in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling expenses; supplies and equipment; lawbooks, books of reference, directories, periodicals, and newspapers; and the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at community, county, State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed upon the request of the Secretary to establish one or more separate appropriation accounts into which there shall be transferred from the respective funds available for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16, in connection with which personnel or other facilities of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration are utilized, proportionate amounts estimated by the Secretary to be required by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration for administrative expenses in carrying out or cooperating in carrying out any of the provisions of this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16.
**(b)** In the administration of this subchapter and sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590q of title 16, the aggregate amount expended in any fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, for administrative expenses in the District of Columbia, including regional offices, and in the several States (not including the expenses of county and local committees) shall not exceed 3 per centum of the total amount available for such fiscal year for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter and chapter 3B of title 16, unless otherwise provided by appropriation or oth
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**(a) Composition** The Farm Credit System shall include the Farm Credit Banks, the bank for cooperatives, Agricultural Credit Banks, the Federal Land Bank Associations, the Federal Land Credit Associations, the Production Credit Associations, the agricultural credit associations, the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, service corporations established pursuant to [section 2211 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section2211&num=0&edition=prelim), and such other institutions as may be made a part of the Farm Credit System, all of which shall be chartered by and subject to regulation by the Farm Credit Administration.
**(b) Farm credit districts** There shall be not more than twelve farm credit districts in the United States, which may be designated by number, one of which districts shall include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and one of which districts may, if authorized by the Farm Credit Administration, include the Virgin Islands of the United States: Provided, That the extension of credit and other services authorized by this chapter in the Virgin Islands of the United States shall be undertaken only if determined to be feasible under regulations of the Farm Credit Administration. The boundaries of the twelve farm credit districts existing on December 10, 1971, may be readjusted from time to time by the Farm Credit Administration, with the concurrence of the boards of the banks in each district involved. Two or more districts may be merged as provided in [section 2252(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section2252/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The banks for cooperatives established pursuant to sections 2 and 30 of the Farm Credit Act of 1933, as amended, shall continue as federally chartered instrumentalities of the United States. The Farm Credit Administration shall approve amendments consistent with this chapter to charters and organizational certificates of banks for cooperatives. Unless an existing bank for cooperatives is merged with another bank, there shall be a bank for cooperatives in each farm credit district. A bank for cooperatives may include in its title the name of the city in which it is located or other geographical designation. When authorized by the Farm Credit Administration each bank for cooperatives may establish such branches or other offices as may be appropriate for the effective operation of its business.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 640a, acts Aug. 19, 1937, ch. 704, § 5(a), 50 Stat. 704; Oct. 29, 1949, ch. 786, § 5, 63 Stat. 986, created farm credit districts. See [section 2221 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section2221&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 640b, acts Aug. 19, 1937, ch. 704, § 5(b), 50 Stat. 704; Aug. 6, 1953, ch. 335, § 14, 67 Stat. 396; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 785, title IV, § 401(a), 69 Stat. 666; Aug. 18, 1959, Pub. L. 86–168, title I, § 104(h), 73 Stat. 387, provided for creation of district farm credit boards. See [section 2222 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section2222&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 640c, act Aug. 19, 1937, ch. 704, § 5(c), 50 Stat. 704, provided for initial board of directors of each district.
Section 640d, acts Aug. 19, 1937, ch. 704, § 5(d), 50 Stat. 704; Aug. 6, 1953, ch. 335, § 15, 67 Stat. 397; Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 785, title IV, § 401(b), 69 Stat. 666; July 26, 1956, ch. 741, title I, § 106(a)(1), 70 Stat. 666; Aug. 18, 1959, Pub. L. 86–168, title I, § 104(h), 73 Stat. 387, provided for replacement of district directors. See section 2221 et seq. of this title.
Section 640e, acts Aug. 19, 1937, ch. 704, § 5(e), 50 Stat. 705; Aug. 18, 1959, Pub. L. 86–168, title I, § 104(h), 73 Stat. 387; Aug. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–525, § 5, 80 Stat. 334, provided for nomination of elected directors. See [section 2223 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section2223&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 640f, acts Aug. 19, 1937, ch. 704, § 5(f), 50 Stat. 705; Aug. 18, 1959, Pub. L. 86–168, title I, § 104(h), 73 Stat. 387; Aug. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89–525, § 5, 80 Stat. 334, provided for election of elected direc
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TITLE 12—BANKS AND BANKING
§§ 2222 to 2227
ter 50 (§ 1921 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For com-
plete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 1921 of Title 7 and Ta-
bles.
The Food Security Act of 1985, referred to in text, is
Pub. L. 99–198, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1354. Subtitles B
and C of title XII of the Food Security Act are classi-
fied generally to subchapters II (§ 3811 et seq.) and III
(§ 3821 et seq.), respectively, of chapter 58 of Title 16,
Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Short Title of 1985 Amendment note set
out under section 1281 of Title 7 and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–334 substituted ‘‘section 2279aa of
this title)’’ for ‘‘section 2279aa(7) of this title)’’.
§ 2219e. Liability for making criminal referrals
(a) In general
Any institution of the Farm Credit System, or
any director, officer, employee, or agent of a
Farm Credit System institution, that discloses
to a Government authority information prof-
fered in good faith that may be relevant to a
possible violation of any law or regulation shall
not be liable to any person under any law of the
United States or any State—
(1) for the disclosure; or
(2) for any failure to notify the person in-
volved in the possible violation.
(b) No prohibition on disclosure
Any institution of the Farm Credit System, or
any director, officer, employee, or agent of a
Farm Credit System institution, may disclose
information to a Government authority that
may be relevant to a possible violation of any
law or regulation.
(Pub. L. 104–105, title II, § 221, Feb. 10, 1996, 110
Stat. 184.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Farm Credit Sys-
tem Reform Act of 1996
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 3811
1 See Change of Name note below.
of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701
of Title 7, Agriculture.]
REFORM AND ASSESSMENT OF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2005, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat.
237, required the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a
plan to coordinate land retirement and agricultural
working land conservation programs that are adminis-
tered by the Secretary to achieve the goals of elimi-
nating redundancy, streamlining program delivery, and
improving services provided to agricultural producers
and to submit to Congress a report on this plan by Dec.
31, 2005.
CONSERVATION CORRIDOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
Pub. L. 110–114, title V, § 5059, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat.
1215, which authorized the Secretary of the Army to
provide technical assistance to the Secretary of Agri-
culture for use in carrying out the Conservation Cor-
ridor Demonstration Program established under sub-
title G of title II of Pub. L. 107–171, formerly set out
below, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2811(b),
Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4602.
Pub. L. 107–171, title II, subtitle G, May 13, 2002, 116
Stat. 275, which related to a Conservation Corridor
Demonstration Program to integrate agriculture and
forestry conservation programs of the Department of
Agriculture with State and local efforts to address
farm conservation needs on the Delmarva Peninsula,
was repealed by Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2811(a), Dec.
20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4602.
CRANBERRY ACREAGE RESERVE PROGRAM
Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10608, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat.
515, which authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to
establish a program to purchase permanent easements
in wetlands or buffer strips that were used or had a his-
t
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1921
Sec.
2008u.
Health care services.
2008v.
Strategic economic and community develop-
ment.
2008w.
Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant
Program.
2008x.
Reporting.
SUBCHAPTER V—RURAL COMMUNITY
ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
2009.
Definitions.
2009a.
Establishment.
2009b.
National objectives.
2009c.
Strategic plans.
2009d.
Rural Development Trust Fund.
2009e.
Transfers of funds.
2009f.
Grants to States.
2009g.
Guarantee and commitment to guarantee
loans.
2009h.
Local involvement.
2009i.
Interstate collaboration.
2009j.
Annual report.
2009k.
Rural
development
interagency
working
group.
2009l.
Duties of Rural Economic and Community
Development State Offices.
2009m.
Electronic transfer.
2009n.
Repealed.
SUBCHAPTER VI—DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY
2009aa.
Definitions.
2009aa–1. Delta Regional Authority.
2009aa–2. Economic
and
community
development
grants.
2009aa–3. Supplements to Federal grant programs.
2009aa–4. Local development districts; certification and
administrative expenses.
2009aa–5. Distressed counties and areas and nondis-
tressed counties.
2009aa–6. Development planning process.
2009aa–7. Program development criteria.
2009aa–8. Approval of development plans and projects.
2009aa–9. Consent of States.
2009aa–10. Records.
2009aa–11. Annual report.
2009aa–12. Authorization of appropriations.
2009aa–13. Repealed.
SUBCHAPTER VII—NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS
REGIONAL AUTHORITY
2009bb.
Definitions.
2009bb–1. Northern Great Plains Regional Authority.
2009bb–1a. Interstate cooperation for economic oppor-
tunity and efficiency.
2009bb–2. Economic
and
community
development
grants.
2009bb–3. Supplements to Federal grant programs.
2009bb–4. Multistate and local development districts
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