7 USC § 940i - Cybersecurity and grid security improvements

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s940i"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 940i - Cybersecurity and grid security improvements"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "940i"
section_name: "Cybersecurity and grid security improvements"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "RURAL ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title III, § 319, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6507, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4775.)"
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# § 940i. Cybersecurity and grid security improvements

**(a)** **Definition of cybersecurity and grid security improvements** In this section, the term “cybersecurity and grid security improvements” means investment in the development, expansion, and modernization of rural utility infrastructure that addresses known cybersecurity and grid security risks.

**(b)** **Loans and loan guarantees** The Secretary may make or guarantee loans under this subchapter and subchapter I for cybersecurity and grid security improvements.

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**Source Credit**: (May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title III, § 319, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6507, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4775.)