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7 U.S.C. § 917 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 7. Agriculture § 917. Prohibition on restricting water and waste facility services to electric customers

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)Prohibition

Assistance under any rural development program administered by the Secretary or any agency of the Department of Agriculture shall not be conditioned on any requirement that the recipient of the assistance accept or receive electric service from any particular utility, supplier, or cooperative.

(b)Ensuring compliance

The Secretary shall establish, by regulation, adequate safeguards to ensure that assistance under any rural development program is not subject to such a condition. The safeguards shall include periodic certifications and audits, and appropriate measures and sanctions against any person violating, or attempting to violate subsection (a).

(c)“Rural development programs” defined

In this section, the term “rural development program” means the following:

(1)Sections 304(b), 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 310B, and 375 1 and subtitle E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1924(b), 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 1926d, and 1932).

(2) Subtitle G  1 of title XVI and sections 2281, 2333, and 2381 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.

(3) Subtitle C of title IX of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act Amendments of 1991 (Public Law 102-237; 7 U.S.C. 5930 note).

(4) Section 1323(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-198; 7 U.S.C. 1932 note).

(5) Title V and section 603(c) of the Rural Development Act of 1972.

(6)Sections 905 and 940a 1 of this title and subchapter IV of this chapter.

(d)Regulations

Not later than 60 days after April 4, 1996, the Secretary shall issue final regulations to ensure compliance with subsection (a).

1 Repealed. See References in Text note set out for this section.
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