2019 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 31 - Rural Electrification and Telephone Service
Subchapter I - Rural Electrification
Sec. 908 - Limitations on use of assistance
| 7 U.S.C. § 908 (2019) |
| §908. Limitations on use of assistance |
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(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Secretary may allow a recipient of a grant, loan, or loan guarantee under this subchapter to set aside not more than 10 percent of the amount so received to provide retail broadband service. (b) A recipient who sets aside funds under subsection (a) of this section may use the funds only in an area that is not being provided with the minimum acceptable level of broadband service established under section 950bb(e) of this title, unless the recipient meets the requirements of section 950bb(d) of this title. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the ability of any borrower to finance or deploy services authorized under this chapter. (d) The Secretary shall not provide funding under subsection (a) if the funding would result in competitive harm to any grant, loan, or loan guarantee referred to in subsection (a). |
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(May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title I, §8, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, §6210(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4744.) |
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PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 908, acts May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title I, §8, 49 Stat. 1366; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 776, §2, 63 Stat. 948; Oct. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103–354, title II, §235(a)(4), 108 Stat. 3221, related to transfer of functions of Rural Electrification Administration created by Executive Order No. 7037, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §776, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1150. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
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| Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 31 - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE SUBCHAPTER I - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION Sec. 908 - Limitations on use of assistance |
| section 908 |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
| No |
| standard |
| Executive Order 7037 |
| 49 Stat. 1366 63 Stat. 948 108 Stat. 3221 110 Stat. 1150 132 Stat. 4744 |
| Public Law 103-354, Public Law 104-127, Public Law 115-334 |
