Title 7, Chapter 50 — Agricultural Credit

Congressional findings

Persons eligible for real estate loans

Purposes of loans

Conservation loan and loan guarantee program

Limitations on amount of farm ownership loans

Water and waste facility loans and grants

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 702, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1108

Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 743, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1125

Water and waste facility loans and grants to alleviate health risks

Water systems for rural and Native villages in Alaska

Rural decentralized water systems

Contracts with not-for-profit third parties

Repayment requirements

Loan interest rates charged by Farmers Home Administration; grant funds associated with loans

Full faith and credit

Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund

Level of loan programs under Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund

Rural Development Insurance Fund

Purchase of guaranteed portions of loans; terms and conditions; exercise of authorities

Continued availability of appropriated funds for direct real estate loans to farmers and ranchers

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 746, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1125

Assistance for rural entities

Guaranteed rural housing loans; Hawaiian home lands

Low-income farm ownership loan program; eligibility; repayment requirements

Down payment loan program

Beginning farmer or rancher and socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher contract land sales program

Use of rural development loans and grants for other purposes

Intermediary relending program

Relending program to resolve ownership and succession on farmland

Persons eligible for loans

Purposes of loans

Limitations on amount of operating loans

Soil conservation district loans; limitation; purchase of conservation equipment

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VI, § 613, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1089

Liability of borrower

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VI, §§ 615, 616(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1090

Graduation of borrowers with operating loans or guarantees to private commercial credit

Eligibility for loans

Loan determination factors; written credit declinations

Purpose and extent of loans

Terms of loans

Repealed. Pub. L. 95–334, title I, § 120, Aug. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 427

Emergency Credit Revolving Fund utilization

Addition to Emergency Credit Revolving Fund of sums from liquidation of loans; authorization of appropriations

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VI, § 626, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1092

Repealed. Pub. L. 93–24, § 1, Apr. 20, 1973, 87 Stat. 24

Eligibility for assistance based on production loss

Repealed. Pub. L. 99–198, title XIII, § 1308(d), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1523

Farmers Home Administration

Loan moratorium and policy on foreclosures

Farm loan interest rates

Oil and gas royalty payments on loans

Notice of loan service programs

Planting and production history guidelines

Underwriting forms and standards

Relief for mobilized military reservists from certain agricultural loan obligations

Special conditions and limitations on loans

Prompt approval of loans and loan guarantees

Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program

Provision of information to borrowers

Farmer loan pilot projects

Taxation

Security servicing

Conflicts of interests

Debt adjustment and credit counseling; “summary period” defined; loan summary statements

Appropriations

Rules and regulations

Transfer of lands to Secretary

Refinancing of certain rural hospital debt

Definitions

Loan limitations

Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit

Maximum amounts for loans authorized; long-term cost projections

Participation and financial and technical assistance by other Federal departments, etc., to program participants

Loans to resident aliens

Conservation easements

Guaranteed farm loan programs

Interest rate reduction program

Homestead protection

Debt restructuring and loan servicing

Debt restructuring and loan servicing for community facility loans

Transfer of inventory lands

Target participation rates

Expedited clearing of title to inventory property

Payment of losses on guaranteed loans

Waiver of mediation rights by borrowers

Borrower training

Loan assessments

Supervised credit

Market placement

Prohibition on use of loans for certain purposes

Rural development certified lenders program

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 701, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1108

Rural development and farm loan program activities

Equitable relief

Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; qualified beginning farmers and ranchers

Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs technical assistance and training

Recordkeeping of loans by borrower’s gender

Prohibition under rural development programs

Crop insurance requirement

Payment of interest as condition of loan servicing for borrowers

Loan and loan servicing limitations

Short form certification of farm program borrower compliance

Transferred

Making and servicing of loans by personnel of State, county, or area committees

Eligibility of employees of State, county, or area committee for loans and loan guarantees

National Rural Development Partnership

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(a)(1)(C), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4775

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(a)(1)(D), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4775

Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(a)(1)(E), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4775

Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training of agricultural labor force

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(a)(1)(F), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4776

Rural microentrepreneur assistance program

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(a)(1)(G), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4776

Health care services

Strategic economic and community development

Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant Program

Reporting

Definitions

Establishment

National objectives

Strategic plans

Rural Development Trust Fund

Transfers of funds

Grants to States

Guarantee and commitment to guarantee loans

Local involvement

Interstate collaboration

Annual report

Rural development interagency working group

Duties of Rural Economic and Community Development State Offices

Electronic transfer

Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, § 6026(b), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 372

Definitions

Delta Regional Authority

Economic and community development grants

Supplements to Federal grant programs

Local development districts; certification and administrative expenses

Distressed counties and areas and nondistressed counties

Development planning process

Program development criteria

Approval of development plans and projects

Consent of States

Records

Annual report

Authorization of appropriations

Repealed. Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, § 2253(b), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3213

Definitions

Northern Great Plains Regional Authority

Interstate cooperation for economic opportunity and efficiency

Economic and community development grants

Supplements to Federal grant programs

Multistate and local development districts and organizations and Northern Great Plains Inc.

Distressed counties and areas and nondistressed counties

Development planning process

Program development criteria

Approval of development plans and projects

Consent of States

Records

Annual report

Authorization of appropriations

Repealed. Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, § 2254(b), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3213

Definitions

Purposes

Establishment

Selection of rural business investment companies

Debentures

Issuance and guarantee of trust certificates

Fees

Operational assistance grants

Rural business investment companies

Financial institution investments

Reporting requirements

Examinations

Injunctions and other orders

Additional penalties for noncompliance

Unlawful acts and omissions; breach of fiduciary duty

Removal or suspension of directors or officers

Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VI, § 6027(e), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1183, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VI, § 6027(e), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1944

Regulations

Authorization of appropriations

Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(a)(1)(H), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4776

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