§ 6942. — Rural Utilities Service.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC6942]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
SUBCHAPTER III--RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 6942. Rural Utilities Service
(a) Establishment required
The Secretary shall establish and maintain within the Department the
Rural Utilities Service and assign to the Service such functions as the
Secretary considers appropriate.
(b) Administrator
(1) Appointment
The Rural Utilities Service shall be headed by an Administrator
who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate.
(2) Succession
Any official who is serving as Administrator of the Rural
Electrification Administration on October 13, 1994, and who was
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate--
(A) may be considered to be serving in the successor
position established under paragraph (1); and
(B) shall not be required to be reappointed to that position
by reason of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Functions
The Secretary shall carry out through the Rural Utilities Service
the following functions that are under the jurisdiction of the
Department:
(1) Electric and telephone loan programs and water and waste
facility activities authorized by law, including--
(A) the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et
seq.); and
(B) section 1926-1 \1\ of this title; and
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
(2) Water and waste facility programs and activities authorized
by law, including--
(A) sections 1926, 1926a, 1926b,\1\ and 1926c of this title,
the provisions of sections 1929 and 1929a of this title relating
to assets, terms, and conditions of water and sewer programs,
section 1932(b) of this title, and section 1013a of this title;
and
(B) section 2324 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
Trade Act of 1990 \1\ (7 U.S.C. 1926 note).
(Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 232, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3219;
Pub. L. 104-127, title VII, Sec. 747(b)(2), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat.
1128.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(B), is Pub. L. 103-354, Oct.
13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3178, known as the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and
Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 6901 of this title and Tables.
The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, referred to in subsec.
(c)(1)(A), is act May 20, 1936, ch. 432, 49 Stat. 1363, as amended,
which is classified generally to chapter 31 (Sec. 901 et seq.) of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section
901 of this title and Tables.
Section 1926-1 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(1)(B), was
repealed by Pub. L. 104-127, title VII, Sec. 702, Apr. 4, 1996, 110
Stat. 1108.
Section 1926b of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(A), was
repealed by Pub. L. 104-127, title VII, Sec. 743, Apr. 4, 1996, 110
Stat. 1125.
Section 2324 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act
of 1990, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(B), is section 2324 of Pub. L.
101-624, which was set out as a note under section 1926 of this title
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104-127, title VII, Sec. 703, Apr. 4, 1996,
110 Stat. 1108.
Codification
Section is comprised of section 232 of Pub. L. 103-354. Subsec.
(b)(3) of section 232 of Pub. L. 103-354 amended section 5315 of Title
5, Government Organization and Employees.
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 104-127 substituted ``section
1932(b)'' for ``section 1932(b)(2)''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 6912 of this title.
