2016 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 31 - Rural Electrification and Telephone Service
Subchapter II - Rural Telephone Service
Sec. 921a - Policy of financing of rural telephone program

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Citation 7 U.S.C. § 921a (2016)
Section Name §921a. Policy of financing of rural telephone program
Section Text

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress that the growing capital needs of the rural telephone systems require the establishment of a rural telephone bank which will furnish assured and viable sources of supplementary financing with the objective that said bank will become an entirely privately owned, operated, and financed corporation. The Congress further finds that many rural telephone systems require financing under the terms and conditions provided in this subchapter.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 92–12, §1, May 7, 1971, 85 Stat. 29.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

The last sentence of section 1 of Pub. L. 92–12 provided that: "In order to effectuate this policy, the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 921–924), is amended as hereinafter provided."

Section was not enacted as part of title II of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 which comprises this subchapter.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Pub. L. 92–12, §7, May 14, 1971, 85 Stat. 37, provided that: "This Act [enacting sections 921a, 931, 932, and 941 to 950b of this title and amending sections 903 and 922 of this title] shall take effect upon enactment [May 7, 1971]."

RESERVATION OF RIGHT TO REPEAL, ALTER, OR AMEND PUB. L. 92–12

Pub. L. 92–12, §6, May 14, 1971, 85 Stat. 37, provided that: "The right to repeal, alter, or amend this Act [enacting sections 921a, 931, 932, and 941 to 950b of this title, amending sections 903 and 922 of this title and sections 856 and 868 of former Title 31, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 856 and 868 of former Title 31] is expressly reserved."

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, 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 II - RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE
Sec. 921a - Policy of financing of rural telephone program
Contains section 921a
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 85 Stat. 29, 37
Public Law References Public Law 92-12
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