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[USC02] 7 USC CHAPTER 50, SUBCHAPTER V: RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
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7 USC CHAPTER 50, SUBCHAPTER V: RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, §101(a) [title VII, §735], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681-29, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, §6020(b)(3), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 363.
§2009a. Establishment
The Secretary shall establish a rural community advancement program to provide grants, loans, loan guarantees, and other assistance to meet the rural development needs of local communities in States and federally recognized Indian tribes.
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381B, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1139.)
§2009b. National objectives
The national objectives of the program established under this subchapter shall be to—
(1) promote strategic development activities and collaborative efforts by State and local communities, and federally recognized Indian tribes, to maximize the impact of Federal assistance;
(2) optimize the use of resources;
(3) provide assistance in a manner that reflects the complexity of rural needs, including the needs for business development, health care, education, infrastructure, cultural resources, the environment, and housing;
(4) advance activities that empower, and build the capacity of, State and local communities to design unique responses to the special needs of the State and local communities, and federally recognized Indian tribes, for rural development assistance; and
(5) adopt flexible and innovative approaches to solving rural development problems.
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381C, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1139.)
§2009c. Strategic plans
The Secretary shall direct each of the Directors of Rural Economic and Community Development State Offices to prepare a strategic plan—
(1) for each State for the delivery of assistance under this subchapter in the State; and
(2) for each federally recognized Indian tribe for the delivery of assistance under this subchapter to the Indian tribe.
Financial assistance for rural development provided under this subchapter for a State or a federally recognized Indian tribe shall be used only for orderly community development that is consistent with the strategic plan of the State or Indian tribe.
Assistance under this subchapter may only be provided in a rural area.
(3) Small communities
In carrying out this subchapter in a State, the Secretary shall give priority to communities with the smallest populations and lowest per capita income.
The Secretary shall review the strategic plan of each State and federally recognized Indian tribe not later than 60 days after receiving the plan, and at least once every 5 years thereafter.
A strategic plan of a State or federally recognized Indian tribe under this section shall be a plan that—
(1) coordinates economic, human, and community development plans and related activities proposed for an affected area;
(2) provides that the State or federally recognized Indian tribe, as appropriate, and an affected community (including local institutions and organizations that have contributed to the planning process) shall act as full partners in the process of developing and implementing the plan;
(3) identifies goals, methods, and benchmarks for measuring the success of carrying out the plan and how the plan relates to local or regional ecosystems;
(4) in the case of a State, provides for the involvement, in the preparation of the plan, of State, local, private, and public persons, State rural development councils, federally recognized Indian tribes in the State, and community-based organizations;
(5) identifies the amount and source of Federal and non-Federal resources that are available for carrying out the plan; and
(6) includes such other information as may be required by the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381D, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1140.)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each fiscal year—
The rural community development category consists of all amounts made available for—
The rural utilities category consists of all amounts made available for—
The rural business and cooperative development category consists of all amounts made available for—
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381E, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1140; amended Pub. L. 105–86, title III, Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2094; Pub. L. 106–472, title III, §§304(b), 305(b), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2071; Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, §6026(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 372; Pub. L. 110–234, title VI, §6012(b)(4), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1165; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title VI, §6012(b)(4), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1927; Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, §6701(e)(1), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4778.)
2018—Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 115–334 redesignated subpars. (B) and (C) as (A) and (B), respectively, and struck out former subpar. (A) which read as follows: "rural business opportunity grants under section 1926(a)(11)(A) of this title;".
2008—Subsec. (d)(3)(B). Pub. L. 110–246, §6012(b)(4), substituted "1932(a)(2)(A)" for "1932(a)(1)".
2002—Subsec. (b)(4), (5). Pub. L. 107–171, §6026(a)(1), redesignated par. (5) as (4) and struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: "The national reserve account."
2000—Subsec. (d)(1)(B). Pub. L. 106–472, §305(b), substituted "paragraph (19), (20), or (21)" for "paragraph (19) or (20)".
1997—Subsec. (d)(3)(B). Pub. L. 105–86 inserted "direct and" after "business and industry".
Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, §6701(e)(2), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4778, provided that: "The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 6012(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79)."
Pub. L. 112–55, div. A, title VII, §747, Nov. 18, 2011, 125 Stat. 590, provided that: "For 2012 and subsequent fiscal years—
§2009e. Transfers of funds
Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the State Director 1 of any State may, during any fiscal year, transfer from each account specified in section 2009d(c) of this title a total of not more than 25 percent of the amount in the account that is allocated for the State for the fiscal year to any other account in which amounts are allocated for the State for the fiscal year.
Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a transfer otherwise authorized by subsection (a) of this section to be made during a fiscal year may not be made to the extent that the sum of the amount to be transferred and all amounts so transferred by State directors under subsection (a) of this section during the fiscal year exceeds 10 percent of the total amount made available to carry out the authorities described in section 2009d(d) of this title for the fiscal year.
Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to a transfer of funds by a State director if the State director certifies to the Secretary that—
(1) there is an approved application for a project in the function category to which the funds are to be transferred but funds are not available for the project in the function category; and
(2)(A) there is no such approved application in the function category from which the funds are to be transferred; or
(B) the community that would benefit from the project has a smaller population and a lesser per capita income than any community that would benefit from a project in the function category from which the funds are to be transferred.
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381F, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1142.)
A State shall be eligible for a grant under paragraph (1) if the State makes commitments to the Secretary to—
If the Secretary finds that there has been misuse of grant funds provided under this section, or noncompliance with any of the terms and conditions of a grant, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing—
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381G, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1143; amended Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, §6026(c), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 372.)
2002—Subsec. (a)(1), (2). Pub. L. 107–171, §6026(c)(1), substituted "section 2009d(f) of this title" for "section 2009d(g) of this title".
§2009g. Guarantee and commitment to guarantee loans
(a) "Eligible public entity" defined
In this section, the term "eligible public entity" means any unit of general local government.
(b) Guarantee and commitment
The Secretary, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, may guarantee and make commitments to guarantee notes or other obligations issued by eligible public entities, or by public agencies designated by the eligible public entities, for the purposes of financing rural development activities authorized and funded under section 2009f of this title.
The Secretary may not make a guarantee or commitment to guarantee with respect to a note or other obligation if the total amount of outstanding notes or obligations guaranteed under this section (excluding any amount repaid under the contract entered into under subsection (e)(1)(A)) for issuers in the State would exceed an amount equal to 5 times the sum of the total amount of grants made to the State under section 2009f of this title.
(d) Payment of principal, interest, and costs
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a State to which a grant is made under section 2009f of this title may use the grant (including program income derived from the grant) to pay principal and interest due (including such servicing, underwriting, or other costs as may be specified in regulations of the Secretary) on any note or other obligation guaranteed under this section.
(e) Repayment contract; security
To ensure the repayment of notes or other obligations and charges incurred under this section and as a condition for receiving the guarantees, the Secretary shall require the issuer to—
(A) enter into a contract, in a form acceptable to the Secretary, for repayment of notes or other obligations guaranteed under this section;
(B) pledge any grant for which the issuer may become eligible under this subchapter; and
(C) furnish, at the discretion of the Secretary, such other security as may be considered appropriate by the Secretary in making the guarantees.
To assist in ensuring the repayment of notes or other obligations and charges incurred under this section, a State shall pledge any grant for which the State may become eligible under this subchapter as security for notes or other obligations and charges issued under this section by any eligible public entity in the State.
(f) Pledged grants for repayments
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the Secretary may apply grants pledged pursuant to paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) of subsection (e) to any repayments due the United States as a result of the guarantees.
(g) Outstanding obligations
The total amount of outstanding obligations guaranteed on a cumulative basis by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b) shall not at any time exceed such amount as may be authorized to be appropriated for such purpose for any fiscal year.
(h) Purchase of guaranteed obligations by Federal Financing Bank
The full faith and credit of the United States is pledged to the payment of all guarantees made under this section. Any such guarantee made by the Secretary shall be conclusive evidence of the eligibility of the obligations for the guarantee with respect to principal and interest. The validity of the guarantee shall be incontestable in the hands of a holder of the guaranteed obligations.
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381H, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1145.)
§2009h. Local involvement
An application for assistance under this subchapter shall include evidence of significant community support for the project for which the assistance is requested. In the case of assistance for a community facilities or infrastructure project, the evidence shall be in the form of a certification of support for the project from each affected general purpose local government.
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381I, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1146.)
§2009i. Interstate collaboration
The Secretary shall permit the establishment of voluntary pooling arrangements among States, and regional fund-sharing agreements, to carry out projects receiving assistance under this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381J, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1146.)
§2009j. Annual report
The Secretary, in collaboration with State, local, public, and private entities, State rural development councils, and community-based organizations, shall prepare an annual report that contains evaluations, assessments, and performance outcomes concerning the rural community advancement programs carried out under this subchapter.
Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary shall—
(1) submit the report required by subsection (a) to Congress and the chief executives of the States participating in the program established under this subchapter; and
(2) make the report available to State and local participants.
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381K, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1146.)
§2009k. Rural development interagency working group
The Secretary shall provide leadership within the Executive branch for, and assume responsibility for, establishing an interagency working group chaired by the Secretary.
The working group shall establish policy for, coordinate, make recommendations with respect to, and evaluate the performance of, all Federal rural development efforts.
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381L, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1146.)
§2009l. Duties of Rural Economic and Community Development State Offices
In carrying out this subchapter, the Director of a Rural Economic and Community Development State Office shall—
(1) to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the State strategic plan referred to in section 2009c of this title is implemented;
(2) coordinate community development objectives within the State;
(3) establish links between local, State, and field office program administrators of the Department of Agriculture;
(4) ensure that recipient communities comply with applicable Federal and State laws and requirements; and
(5) integrate State development programs with assistance under this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381M, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1146.)
§2009m. Electronic transfer
The Secretary shall transfer funds in accordance with this subchapter through electronic transfer as soon as practicable after April 4, 1996.
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381N, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1147.)
§2009n. Repealed. Pub. L. 107–171, title VI, §6026(b), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 372
Section, Pub. L. 87–128, title III, §381O, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1147, related to rural venture capital demonstration program.