# Implementing Provisions of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
**AGENCY:**
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
**ACTION:**
Final rule, confirmation
**SUMMARY:**
The Rural Utilities Service, a Rural Development agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), hereinafter referred to as “RUS” or “the Agency,” published in the *Federal Register* on December 6, 2022, a final rule with request for comments. The Agency received no substantiative comments, so this notice confirms the final rule as published.
**DATES:**
As of February 21, 2023, the December 6, 2022, effective date for the final rule published December 6, 2022, at 87 FR 74493, is confirmed.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Alexis Solano, Rural Utilities Service Electric Program, Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1568, Room 5165-S, Washington, DC 20250-3201; telephone: (202) 690-3407; email: *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
RUS published a final rule with request for comments in the *Federal Register* on December 6, 2022, at 87 FR 74493. The final rule implemented sections 6501, 6503, 6505 and 6507 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-34) (Farm Bill).
The Agency received no substantiative comments during the public comment period on the final rule and therefore confirms the rule without change.
Andrew Berke,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.