2007 U.S. Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 31 - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER I - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
Sec. 913 - Definitions
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 31 - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE SUBCHAPTER I - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION Sec. 913 - Definitions |
| Contains | section 913 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 8, 2008 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title I, §13, 49 Stat. 1367; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 776, §2, 63 Stat. 948; Pub. L. 103-129, §2(c)(3), Nov. 1, 1993, 107 Stat. 1363; Pub. L. 103-354, title II, §235(a)(6), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3221. |
| Statutes at Large References | 49 Stat. 1367 63 Stat. 948 107 Stat. 1363 108 Stat. 3221 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 103-129, Public Law 103-354 |
§913. Definitions
As used in this chapter the term “rural area”, except as provided in section 924(b) of this title, shall be deemed to mean any area of the United States not included within the boundaries of any urban area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census, and such term shall be deemed to include both the farm and nonfarm population thereof; the term “farm” shall be deemed to mean a farm as defined in the publications of the Bureau of the Census; the term “person” shall be deemed to mean any natural person, firm, corporation, or association; the term “Territory” shall be deemed to include any insular possession of the United States; and the term “Secretary” shall be deemed to mean the Secretary of Agriculture.
(May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title I, §13, 49 Stat. 1367; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 776, §2, 63 Stat. 948; Pub. L. 103–129, §2(c)(3), Nov. 1, 1993, 107 Stat. 1363; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, §235(a)(6), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3221.)
Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103–354 inserted before period at end “; and the term ‘Secretary’ shall be deemed to mean the Secretary of Agriculture”.
1993—Pub. L. 103–129 inserted “, except as provided in section 924(b) of this title,” before “shall be deemed to mean” and substituted “urban area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census” for “city, village, or borough having a population in excess of fifteen hundred inhabitants,”.
1949—Act Oct. 28, 1949, inserted “title I,” in credit of act May 20, 1936.
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