Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/7/903
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7 USC § 903 - Authorization of appropriations
(May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title I, § 3,49 Stat. 1364; June 21, 1938, ch. 554, title IV, § 401,52 Stat. 818; Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title V, §§ 501, 503, 504,58 Stat. 739, 740; July 30, 1947, ch. 356, title I, § 1,61 Stat. 546; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 776, §§ 2, 4
(a)–(d), 63 Stat. 948; June 15, 1955, ch. 139, § 1,69 Stat. 131; Pub. L. 92–12, § 3(a),May 7, 1971, 85 Stat. 37; Pub. L. 93–32, § 3,May 11, 1973, 87 Stat. 70; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 235(a)(3), (13),Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3220, 3221; Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 772(a),Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1149.)
1996—Pub. L. 104–127amended section generally, inserting section catchline and substituting current provisions for provisions relating to funds of Secretary, including provisions for loans by Secretary of the Treasury, authorization of appropriations, allotment of funds for loans in States, loans of unallotted funds, and unexpended funds and limitation on use.
1994—Pub. L. 103–354substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator, upon the request and approval of the Secretary of Agriculture,” and for “Administrator appointed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or from the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration established by Executive Order Numbered 7037” in first sentence of subsec. (a) and substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” wherever appearing.
1973—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 93–32struck out subsec. (f) which made provision for the disposition of payments on loans that had been made by the Administrator.
1971—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 92–12inserted introductory text “Except as otherwise provided in sections 931 and 946
1955—Subsec. (c). Act June 15, 1955, reduced the funds which may be allotted for loans from fifty to twenty-five per centum of the available or appropriated sum, and inserted two provisos.
Subsec. (d). Act June 15, 1955, substituted “75 per centum” for “50 per centum”, and “25 per centum” for “10 per centum”.
Subsec. (e). Act June 15, 1955, substituted “25 per centum” for “10 per centum”.
1949—Act Oct. 28, 1949, § 2, inserted “title I,” in credit of act May 20, 1936.
Subsec. (a). Act Oct. 28, 1949, § 4(a), authorized loans for financing facilities to render telephone service.
Subsec. (c). Act Oct. 28, 1949, § 4(b), substituted “for loans for rural electrification pursuant to sections 904 and 905 of this title” for “for the purposes of this chapter”.
Subsec. (d). Act Oct. 28, 1949, § 4(c), inserted “rural electrification” after “available for”.
Subsec. (e). Act Oct. 28, 1949, § 4(d), inserted “for rural electrification loans” after “sums” in proviso.
1947—Subsec. (a). Act July 30, 1947, amended subsec. (a) generally, and among other things transferred from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the Secretary of the Treasury the power to make loans.
Subsec. (f). Act July 30, 1947, substituted Secretary of the Treasury for Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
1944—Subsec. (a). Act Sept. 21, 1944, struck out “The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to make loans to the Administrator, upon his request approved by the President, not exceeding in aggregate amounts $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, with interest at 3 per centum per annum” and inserted in lieu thereof “The Reconstruction Finance Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to make loans to the Administrator, upon the request and approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, in such amounts in the aggregate for each fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, as the Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary, with interest at a rate of 13/4 per centum per annum”, changed colon to period following “numbered 70037”, inserted “Interest rates on the unpaid balance of any loans made by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the Administrator prior to the effective date of this amendment shall be adjusted to a rate of 13/4 per centum per annum”, inserted sentence “The amount of the notes, bonds, debentures, and other such obligations which the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is authorized and empowered to issue and to have outstanding at any one time under existing law is hereby increased by an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions hereof”, and substituted “thirty-five years” for “twenty-five years” in second proviso.
Subsec. (b). Act Sept. 21, 1944, struck out subsec. (b) limiting amount of appropriation and renewal of appropriations to eight years after June 30, 1938, and inserted a new subsec. (b).
Subsec. (e). Act Sept. 21, 1944, struck out “and provided further, that no loans shall be made by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the Administrator after June 30, 1939”, and changed colon to period after “territories”.
1938—Subsecs. (a), (e). Act June 21, 1938, inserted “and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939” after “June 30, 1937,” in subsec. (a), and substituted “June 30, 1939” for “June 30, 1937” in subsec. (e).
Restrictions on Borrower
Section 401 of act June 21, 1938, as amended by Pub. L. 103–182, title III, § 381(d),Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2129; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 235(b)(3),Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3221; Pub. L. 103–465, title III, § 342(g),Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4954, in addition to amending subsecs. (a) and (e), provided in part as follows: “In making loans pursuant to this title [title IV of such act] and pursuant to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 [this chapter], the Secretary of Agriculture shall require that, to the extent practicable and the cost of which is not unreasonable, the borrower agree to use in connection with the expenditure of such funds only such unmanufactured articles, materials, and supplies, as have been mined or produced in the United States or in any eligible country, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States or in any eligible country substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States or in any eligible country. For purposes of this section, an ‘eligible country’ is any country that applies with respect to the United States an agreement ensuring reciprocal access for United States products and services and United States suppliers to the markets of that country, as determined by the United States Trade Representative.”
[Amendment by section 342(g) ofPub. L. 103–465to section 401 of act June 21, 1938, set out above, effective on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 1995], see section 344(b) ofPub. L. 103–465, set out as an Effective Date of 1994 Amendment note under section 2512 of Title 19, Customs Duties.]
[Amendment by subsec. 381(d) ofPub. L. 103–182to section 401 of act June 21, 1938, set out above, effective on the date the North American Free Trade Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 1994], see section 381(e) ofPub. L. 103–182, set out as an Effective Date of 1993 Amendment note under section 2511 of Title 19, Customs Duties.]