7 USC § 5103 - Participation of Federal agencies

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s5103"
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title: "7 USC § 5103 - Participation of Federal agencies"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "5103"
section_name: "Participation of Federal agencies"
chapter_number: 82
chapter_name: "STATE AGRICULTURAL LOAN MEDIATION PROGRAMS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 100–233, title V, § 503, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1663; Pub. L. 100–399, title V, § 502, Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 1005; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 282(b), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3234.)"
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# § 5103. Participation of Federal agencies

**(a)** **Duties of Secretary of Agriculture**

**(1)** **In general** The Secretary, with respect to each program or agency under the jurisdiction of the Secretary—

**(A)** shall prescribe rules requiring each such program or agency to participate in good faith in any State mediation program certified under section 5101 of this title;

**(B)** shall participate in mediation programs certified under section 5101 of this title; and

**(C)** shall—

**(i)** cooperate in good faith with requests for information or analysis of information made in the course of mediation under any mediation program certified under section 5101 of this title; and

**(ii)** if applicable, present and explore debt restructuring proposals advanced in the course of such mediation.

**(2)** **Nonbinding on Secretary** section 5101 of this title

The Secretary shall not be bound by any determination made in a program described in  if the Secretary has not agreed to such determination.

**(b)** **Duties of Farm Credit Administration** The Farm Credit Administration shall prescribe rules requiring the institutions of the Farm Credit System—

**(1)** to cooperate in good faith with requests for information or analysis of information made in the course of mediation under any mediation program described in section 5101 of this title; and

**(2)** to present and explore debt restructuring proposals advanced in the course of such mediation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 100–233, title V, § 503, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1663; Pub. L. 100–399, title V, § 502, Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 1005; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 282(b), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3234.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994—Subsec. (a)(1). , in introductory provisions inserted “or agency” after “each program” and struck out “that makes, guarantees, or insures agricultural loans” after “of the Secretary”.

Subsec. (a)(1)(A). , (3), inserted “or agency” after “such program”, struck out “agricultural loan” after “any State”, and inserted “certified under ” after “mediation program”.

Subsec. (a)(1)(B). , (4), struck out “, effective beginning on ,” after “shall”, and “agricultural loan” after “participate in”, and inserted “certified under ” after “mediation programs”.

Subsec. (a)(1)(C)(i). , (5)(A), struck out “agricultural loan” before “mediation program” and substituted “certified under” for “described in”.

Subsec. (a)(1)(C)(ii). , inserted “if applicable,” before “present”.

Subsec. (b)(1). , struck out “agricultural loan” before “mediation program”.

1988—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). , inserted “effective beginning” before “on”.

Subsec. (a)(2). , substituted “” for “paragraph (1)”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Amendment by  effective as if enacted immediately after enactment of , which was approved , see , set out as a note under , Banks and Banking.