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7 U.S.C. § 6942 — Rural Utilities Service

submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-354 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 230 words · no verdicts yet

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This section requires the Rural Utilities Service and places it under a Presidential appointee. It assigns the Service electric, telephone, water, and waste loan and facility programs.

(a) Establishment. The Secretary must establish and maintain the Rural Utilities Service in the Department and assign it appropriate functions. (b) Administrator. (1) The Service is headed by a Presidentially appointed Administrator. (2) The Administrator’s basic pay may not exceed the maximum compensation for a Senior Executive Service member under 5 U.S.C. 5382(b). (c) Functions. Through the Service, the Secretary must carry out Department functions for: (1) Electric and telephone loans and water and waste facilities authorized by law, including the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 1926–1 of title 7; and (2) water and waste facilities, including sections 1926, 1926a, 1926b, and 1926c, the parts of sections 1929 and 1929a concerning water and sewer program assets, terms, and conditions, section 1932(b), section 1013a, and section 2324 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.
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(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.

(2) Compensation

The Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service shall receive basic pay at a rate not to exceed the maximum amount of compensation payable to a member of the Senior Executive Service under subsection (b) of section 5382 of title 5.

(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

(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).

Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 232, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3219; Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 747(b)(2), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1128; Pub. L. 112–166, § 2(a)(2), Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1283; Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12408(a)(1), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4976.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-354 · 108 Stat. 3219
  • 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-127 · 110 Stat. 1128
  • 2012Amended · Pub. L. 112-166 · 126 Stat. 1283
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-334 · 132 Stat. 4976

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-354 on 1994-10-13.

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