Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections

7 U.S.C. § 917 — Prohibition on restricting water and waste facility services to electric customers

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

7 U.S.C. § 917 — Prohibition on restricting water and waste facility services to electric customers

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 7 U.S.C. § 917

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.

Original supplied file — preserved unchanged

Download original Markdown file

File SHA-256: 70710d04611b403cf333cc2cc7ebe8d0427e6a63d0b96159712907c345cdf10b. The original may include catalog metadata, neighboring provisions, or embedded records outside this collection's scope. Search shows only the selected federal record. Historical editions and unverified snapshots are not a statement of current law.

Authority boundary: historical or unconfirmed source not current law verified.

Open the recorded source website ↗

Record provenance

Stable record: federal_law:legal_authorities:record_usc_6cc30cd3214d8d8463a6ecdc
Source file: Laws/federal/codes/united-states-code/title-7/section-917-prohibition-on-restricting-water-and-waste-facility-services-to-electric--17f66cce96.md
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 5a91cd4606950bdc5f73f5d0134e99f280983190b16a6b3a887d7419f1f84078

Source location: Title 7, Chapter 31, § 917; chapter-031-rural-electrification-and-telephone-service.md

Stored source content

**(a) Prohibition** Assistance under any rural development program administered by the Secretary or any agency of the Department of Agriculture shall not be conditioned on any requirement that the recipient of the assistance accept or receive electric service from any particular utility, supplier, or cooperative. **(b) Ensuring compliance** The Secretary shall establish, by regulation, adequate safeguards to ensure that assistance under any rural development program is not subject to such a condition. The safeguards shall include periodic certifications and audits, and appropriate measures and sanctions against any person violating, or attempting to violate subsection (a). **(c) “Rural development programs” defined** In this section, the term “rural development program” means the following: (1) Sections 304(b), 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 310B, and 375 11 See References in Text note below. and subtitle E [[7 U.S.C. 2009](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2009&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ([7 U.S.C. 1924(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1924/b&num=0&edition=prelim), 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 1926d, and 1932). (2) Subtitle G 1 of title XVI and sections 2281 [[42 U.S.C. 5177a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5177a&num=0&edition=prelim)], 2333, and 2381 [[7 U.S.C. 950aaa–2](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section950aaa-2&num=0&edition=prelim), 3125b] of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990. (3) Subtitle C of title IX of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act Amendments of 1991 (Public Law 102–237; [7 U.S.C. 5930](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5930&num=0&edition=prelim) note). (4) Section 1323(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–198; [7 U.S.C. 1932](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1932&num=0&edition=prelim) note). (5) Title V [[7 U.S.C. 2661](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2661&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and section 603(c) [[7 U.S.C. 2204a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2204a&num=0&edition=prelim)] of the Rural Development Act of 1972. (6) Sections 905 and 940a 1 of this title and subchapter IV of this chapter. **(d) Regulations** Not later than 60 days after April 4, 1996, the Secretary shall issue final regulations to ensure compliance with subsection (a).

Cross-references

Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

7 U.S.C. § 2009 — Reporting

**(a) Definition of farm loan** In this section, the term “farm loan” means— (1) a farm ownership loan under subtitle A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ([7 U.S.C. 1922](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1922&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and (2) an operating loan under subtitle B of that Act ([7 U.S.C. 1941](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1941&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.). **(b) Reports** (1) **Preparation** — For each fiscal year, the Secretary shall prepare a report that includes— (A) aggregate data based on a review of each outstanding farm loan made or guaranteed by the Secretary describing, for the United States and for each State and county in the United States— (i) the age of the recipient producer; (ii) the duration that the recipient producer has engaged in agricultural production; (iii) the size of the farm or ranch of the recipient producer; (iv) the race, ethnicity, and gender of the recipient producer; (v) the agricultural commodity or commodities, or type of enterprise, for which the loan was secured; (vi) the amount of the farm loan made or guaranteed; (vii) the type of the farm loan made or guaranteed; and (viii) the default rate of the farm loan made or guaranteed; (B) for each State and county in the United States, data demonstrating the number of outstanding farm loans made or guaranteed, according to loan size cohort; and (C) an assessment of actual loans made or guaranteed as measured against target participation rates for beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers, broken down by State, as described in sections 346(b)(2) and 355 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ([7 U.S.C

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 7 U.S.C. § 2009

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

7 U.S.C. § 1921 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VI, § 6002(b), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1162, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VI, § 6002(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1923

### 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).

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 7 U.S.C. § 1921

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

7 U.S.C. § 2204a — Rural development; utilization of non-Federal offices; location of field units; interchange of personnel and facilities

The Secretary of Agriculture shall utilize to the maximum extent practicable State, regional, district, county, local, or other Department of Agriculture offices to enhance rural development, and shall to the maximum extent practicable provide directly, or, in the case of agencies outside of the Department of Agriculture, through arrangements with the heads of such agencies, for— (1) the location of all field units of the Federal Government concerned with rural development in the appropriate Department of Agriculture offices covering the geographical areas most similar to those covered by such field units, and (2) the interchange of personnel and facilities in each such office to the extent necessary or desirable to achieve the most efficient utilization of such personnel and facilities and provide the most effective assistance in the development of rural areas in accordance with State rural development plans.

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 7 U.S.C. § 2204a

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

7 U.S.C. § 5930 — Reservation extension agents

**(a) Establishment** The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, shall establish appropriate extension education programs on Indian reservations and tribal jurisdictions. In establishing these extension programs, the Secretary shall consult with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Intertribal Agriculture Council, and the Southwest Indian Agriculture Association, and shall make such interagency cooperative agreements or memoranda of understanding as may be necessary. The programs to be developed and delivered on reservations and within tribal jurisdictions shall be determined with the advice and counsel of reservation or tribal program advisory committees. **(b) Administration and management** Extension agents shall be employees of, and administratively responsible to, the Cooperative Extension Service of the State within which the reservation or tribal jurisdiction is located, and employment and personnel management responsibilities shall be vested with the State Cooperative Extension Service. In cases where a reservation or tribal jurisdiction is located in two or more States, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make the determination of administrative responsibility, including possible divisions along State boundaries. **(c) Advisory committees** At the request of a State Extension Director, and with the assistance of the tribal authorities, the Secretary of Agriculture may form an advisory committee to give overall policy and program advice to that State Extension Director with regard to programs conducted on reservations or within tribal jurisdictions. Program advisory committees may be formed to assist extension staff in development and conduct of program activities. **(d) Staffing** Insofar as possible, agent and s

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 7 U.S.C. § 5930

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

42 U.S.C. § 5177a — Emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers

**(a) In general** The Secretary of Agriculture may make grants to public agencies or private organizations with tax exempt status under [section 501(c)(3) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section501/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim), that have experience in providing emergency services to low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers where the Secretary determines that a local, State or national emergency or disaster has caused low-income migrant or seasonal farmworkers to lose income, to be unable to work, or to stay home or return home in anticipation of work shortages. Emergency services to be provided with assistance received under this section may include such types of assistance as the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be necessary and appropriate. **(b) “Low-income migrant or seasonal farmworker” defined** For the purposes of this section, the term “low-income migrant or seasonal farmworker” means an individual— (1) who has, during any consecutive 12 month period within the preceding 24 month period, performed farm work for wages; (2) who has received not less than one-half of such individual’s total income, or been employed at least one-half of total work time in farm work; and (3) whose annual family income within the 12 month period referred to in paragraph (1) does not exceed the higher of the poverty level or 70 percent of the lower living standard income level. **(c) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 42 U.S.C. § 5177a

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

7 U.S.C. § 2008j — Short form certification of farm program borrower compliance

The Secretary shall develop and utilize a consolidated short form for farm program borrowers to use in certifying compliance with any applicable provision of law (including a regulation) that serves as an eligibility prerequisite for a loan made under this chapter.

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 7 U.S.C. § 2008j

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

7 U.S.C. § 1421 — Price support

**(a) Source** The Secretary shall provide the price support authorized or required herein through the Commodity Credit Corporation and other means available to him. **(b) Authority of Secretary; factors considered** Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amounts, terms, and conditions of price support operations and the extent to which such operations are carried out, shall be determined or approved by the Secretary. The following factors shall be taken into consideration in determining, in the case of any commodity for which price support is discretionary, whether a price-support operation shall be undertaken and the level of such support and, in the case of any commodity for which price support is mandatory, the level of support in excess of the minimum level prescribed for such commodity: (1) the supply of the commodity in relation to the demand therefor, (2) the price levels at which other commodities are being supported and, in the case of feed grains, the feed values of such grains in relation to corn, (3) the availability of funds, (4) the perishability of the commodity, (5) the importance of the commodity to agriculture and the national economy, (6) the ability to dispose of stocks acquired through a price-support operation, (7) the need for offsetting temporary losses of export markets, (8) the ability and willingness of producers to keep supplies in line with demand and (9), in the case of upland cotton, changes in the cost of producing such cotton. **(c) Compliance by producer; program for diverted acres** Compliance by the producer with acreage allotments, production goals and marketing practices (including marketing quotas when authorized by law), prescribed by the Secretary, may be required as a condition of eligibility for price support. In admi

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 7 U.S.C. § 1421

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

7 U.S.C. § 1932 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 746, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1125

### Statutory Notes Section, Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 310A, as added Pub. L. 92–419, title I, § 117, Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 663, related to insured watershed and resource conservation and development loans.

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 7 U.S.C. § 1932

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

7 U.S.C. § 2661 — Statement of purposes and goals

**(a)** The overall purpose of this subchapter is to foster a balanced national development that provides opportunities for increased numbers of the people of the United States to work and enjoy a high quality of life dispersed throughout our Nation by providing the essential knowledge necessary for successful programs of rural development. It is further the purpose of this subchapter to— (1) provide multistate regional agencies, States, counties, cities, multicounty planning and development districts, businesses, industries, Indian tribes on Federal and State reservations or other federally recognized Indian tribal groups and others involved with public services and investments in rural areas or that provide or may provide employment in these areas the best available scientific, technical, economic, organizational, environmental, and management information and knowledge useful to them, and to assist and encourage them in the interpretation and application of this information to practical problems and needs in rural development; (2) provide research and investigations in all fields that have as their purpose the development of useful knowledge and information to assist those planning, carrying out, managing, or investing in facilities, services, businesses, or other enterprises, public and private, that may contribute to rural development; (3) increase the capabilities of, and encourage, colleges and universities to perform the vital public service roles of research, and the transfer and practical application of knowledge, in support of rural development; (4) expand small farm research and extend training and technical assistance to small farm families in assessing their needs and opportunities and in using the best available knowledge on sound economic approaches t

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 7 U.S.C. § 2661

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

42 U.S.C. § 5177a — Emergency grants to assist low-income

Page 6414 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 5177a 1 So in original. See 2008 Amendment note below. which assistance is provided under this sec- tion for the applicable major disaster ex- pires. (Pub. L. 93–288, title IV, § 410, formerly § 407, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 156; renumbered § 410 and amended Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 106(e), (f), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4703, 4704; Pub. L. 118–44, § 2, Mar. 18, 2024, 138 Stat. 455.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 93–288, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 143. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under sec- tion 5121 of this title and Tables. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 410 of Pub. L. 93–288 was renumbered section 413 by Pub. L. 100–707 and is classified to section 5180 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2024—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–44 added subsec. (c). 1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–707, § 106(f)(1)–(3), in- serted ‘‘for the weeks of such unemployment with re- spect to which the individual is not entitled to any other unemployment compensation (as that term is de- fined in section 85(b) of title 26) or waiting period cred- it’’ for ‘‘is unemployed’’ before period at end of first sentence, substituted ‘‘26 weeks’’ for ‘‘one year’’ in sec- ond sentence, and substituted ‘‘occurred’’ for ‘‘oc- curred, and the amount of assistance under this section to any such individual for a week of unemployment shall be reduced by any amount of unemployment com- pensation or of private income protection insurance compensation available to such individual for such week of unemployment’’ in third sentence. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–707, § 106(f)(4), inserted head- ing and amended text g

Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 42 U.S.C. § 5177a

Stored review status: historical_2024_not_currentness_verified. The source passage cites 42 U.S.C. § 5177a. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.