7 U.S.C. § 2666 — Definitions

Page 1530 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 2666 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title. § 2666. Definitions For the purposes of this subchapter— (a) ‘‘rural development’’ means the planning, financing, and development of facilities and services in rural areas that contribute to mak- ing those areas desirable places in which to live and make private and business invest- ments; the planning, development, and expan- sion of business and industry in rural areas to provide increased employment and income; the planning, development, conservation, and use of land, water, and other natural resources of rural areas to maintain or improve the quality of the environment for people and business in rural areas; and the building or im- provement of institutional, organizational, and leadership capacities of rural citizens and leaders to define and resolve their own com- munity problems; (b) ‘‘State’’ means the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, Amer- ican Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the North- ern Mariana Islands; and (c) ‘‘small farm’’ means any farm (1) pro- ducing family net income from all sources (farm and nonfarm) below the median non- metropolitan income of the State; (2) operated by a family dependent on farming for a signifi- cant though not necessarily a majority of its income; and (3) on which family members pro- vide most of the labor and management. (Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 506, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1326.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 2666, Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 506, Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 674, related to withholding of funds, the keeping of a separate account in the Treasury, ap- peal by a State to Congress, covering of moneys into the Treasury, and State money replacement, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1326. Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in former section 2667 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–98. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title. § 2667. Regulations The Secretary may issue such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter. (Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 507, as added Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1326; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6101(a)(3)(B), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4727.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 2667, Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 507, Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 674; Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1442, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1006; Pub. L. 96–355, § 4(4), Sept. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 1174, set forth definitions for purposes of this subchapter, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1326. Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in former section 2668 of this title, which was omitted from the Code. AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–334 substituted ‘‘The Secretary may issue’’ for ‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture may issue’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title. § 2668. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, Pub. L. 92–419, title V, § 508, Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 674, related to Secretary’s authority to promul- gate such regulations as might be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter, prior to the gen- eral revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 97–98, title XIV, § 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1322. See section 2667 of this title. § 2669. Pilot projects for production and mar- keting of industrial hydrocarbons and alco- hols from agricultural commodities and for- est products (a) Formulation and execution of program The Secretary is authorized and directed to formulate and carry out a pilot program for the production and marketing of industrial hydro- carbons derived from agricultural commodities and forest products for the purpose of stabilizing and expanding the market for such commodities and products and expanding the Nation’s supply of industrial hydrocarbons. (b) Loan guarantees The Secretary shall provide for four pilot projects for the production of industrial hydro- carbons and alcohols from agricultural commod- ities and forest products by guaranteeing loans, not to exceed $15,000,000 per each such project, to public, private, or cooperative organizations or- ganized for profit or nonprofit, or to individuals for a term not to exceed twenty years at a rate of interest agreed upon by the borrower and lender. (c) Conditions No loan may be guaranteed under this section unless (1) research indicates the total energy content of the products and byproducts to be manufactured by the loan applicant will exceed the total energy input from fossil fuels used in the manufacture of such products and byprod- ucts, and (2) such other conditions as the Sec- retary deems appropriate to achieve the pur- poses of this section are met.