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Subtitle G—Program Repeals 
SEC. 6601. ELIMINATION OF UNFUNDED PROGRAMS. 
(a) CONSOLIDATED FARM AND RURAL DEVELOP-
MENT ACT.— 
(1) REPEALERS.—The following provisions of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
are hereby repealed: 
(A) 
Section 
306(a)(23) 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1926(a)(23)). 
(B) Section 310B(f) (7 U.S.C. 1932(f)). 
(C) Section 379 (7 U.S.C. 2008n). 
(D) Section 379A (7 U.S.C. 2008o). 
(E) Section 379C (7 U.S.C. 2008q). 
(F) Section 379D (7 U.S.C. 2008r). 
(G) Section 379F (7 U.S.C. 2008t). 
(H) Subtitle I (7 U.S.C. 2009dd–2009dd– 
7). 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
333A(h) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1983a(h)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘310B(f),’’. 
(b) RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ACT OF 1936.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 are hereby re-
pealed: 
(A) Section 314 (7 U.S.C. 940d). 
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(B) Section 602 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–1). 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 604 
of such Act, as added by section 6102 of this Act, 
is redesignated as section 602, and transferred to 
just after section 601 of the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936. 
SEC. 6602. REPEAL OF RURAL TELEPHONE BANK. 
(a) REPEAL.—Title IV of the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 941–950b) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 18 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 918) is 
amended in each of subsections (a) and (b) by strik-
ing ‘‘and the Governor of the telephone bank’’. 
(2) Section 204 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 925) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and the Governor of the tele-
phone bank’’. 
(3) Section 205(a) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 926) 
is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘and the Governor of the telephone 
bank’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or the 
Governor of the telephone bank’’. 
(4) Section 206(a) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
927(a)) is amended— 
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘and the Governor of the telephone 
bank’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or 
408’’. 
(5) Section 206(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
927(b)) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘and the Governor of the telephone 
bank’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, or a 
Rural Telephone Bank loan,’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, the 
Rural Telephone Bank,’’. 
(6) Section 207(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
928(1)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘305,’’ and inserting ‘‘ 305 
or’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, or a loan under section 
408,’’. 
(7) Section 301 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 931) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘except 
for net collection proceeds previously appro-
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priated for the purchase of class A stock in the 
Rural Telephone Bank,’’; 
(B) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (4); 
(C) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting a period; and 
(D) by striking paragraph (6). 
(8) Section 305(d)(2)(B) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
935(d)(2)(B)) is amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and a loan 
under section 408’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and under 
section 408’’ each place it appears. 
(9) Section 305(d)(3)(C) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
935(d)(3)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘and section 
408(b)(4)(C), the Secretary and the Governor of the 
telephone bank’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’. 
(10) Section 306 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 936) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the Rural Telephone Bank, 
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Cor-
poration,’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Rural Utili-
ties Cooperative Finance Corporation’’. 
(11) Section 309 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 739) is 
amended by striking the last sentence. 
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(12) Section 2352(b) of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 901 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘the Rural Telephone 
Bank and’’. 
(13) The first section of Public Law 92–12 (7 
U.S.C. 921a) is repealed. 
(14) The first section 1 of Public Law 92–324 
(7 U.S.C. 921b) is repealed. 
(15) Section 1414 of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 944a) is repealed. 
(16) Section 1411 of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 948 notes) is 
amended by striking subsections (a) and (b). 
(17) Section 3.8(b)(1)(A) of the Farm Credit 
Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2129(b)(1)(A)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘or a loan or loan commitment from the 
Rural Telephone Bank,’’. 
(18) Section 105(d) of the National Consumer 
Cooperative Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 3015(d)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the Rural Telephone Bank,’’. 
(19) Section 9101 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking subpara-
graph (H) and redesignating subparagraphs (I), 
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(J), and (K) as subparagraphs (H), (I), and 
(J), respectively; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking subpara-
graph (K) and redesignating subparagraphs (L) 
through (R) as subparagraphs (K) through (P), 
respectively. 
(20) Section 9108(d)(2) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the Rural 
Telephone Bank (when the ownership, control, and 
operation of the Bank are converted under section 
410(a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 950(a))),’’. 
SEC. 6603. AMENDMENTS TO LOCAL TV ACT. 
The Launching Our Communities’ Access to Local 
Television Act of 2000 (title X of H.R. 5548 of the 106th 
Congress, as enacted by section 1(a)(2) of Public Law 
106–553; 114 Stat. 2762A–128) is amended— 
(1) by striking the title heading and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘TITLE X—SATELLITE CARRIER 
RETRANSMISSION ELIGIBILITY’’; 
(2) by striking sections 1001 through 1007 and 
1009 through 1012; and 
(3) by redesignating section 1008 as section 
1001. 
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