42 USC § 8853 - Lending for energy production and conservation projects by production credit associations, Federal land banks, and banks for cooperatives

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s8853"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 8853 - Lending for energy production and conservation projects by production credit associations, Federal land banks, and banks for cooperatives"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "8853"
section_name: "Lending for energy production and conservation projects by production credit associations, Federal land banks, and banks for cooperatives"
chapter_number: 96
chapter_name: "BIOMASS ENERGY AND ALCOHOL FUELS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "RURAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND FORESTRY BIOMASS ENERGY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 258, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 709.)"
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# § 8853. Lending for energy production and conservation projects by production credit associations, Federal land banks, and banks for cooperatives

The Farm Credit Administration shall encourage production credit associations, Federal land banks, and banks for cooperatives to use existing authorities to make loans to eligible persons for commercially feasible biomass energy projects.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 258, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 709.)