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[CITE: 7USC6942]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
          CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
 
        SUBCHAPTER III--RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 6942. Rural Utilities Service


(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, by and with the advice and 
    consent of the Senate.

                           (2) Succession

        Any official who is serving as Administrator of the Rural 
    Electrification Administration on October 13, 1994, and who was 
    appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of 
    the Senate--
            (A) may be considered to be serving in the successor 
        position established under paragraph (1); and
            (B) shall not be required to be reappointed to that position 
        by reason of the enactment of this Act.

(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
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.

        (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).

(Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 232, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3219; 
Pub. L. 104-127, title VII, Sec. 747(b)(2), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 
1128.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(B), is Pub. L. 103-354, Oct. 
13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3178, known as the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and 
Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 6901 of this title and Tables.
    The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, referred to in subsec. 
(c)(1)(A), is act May 20, 1936, ch. 432, 49 Stat. 1363, as amended, 
which is classified generally to chapter 31 (Sec. 901 et seq.) of this 
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 
901 of this title and Tables.
    Section 1926-1 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(1)(B), was 
repealed by Pub. L. 104-127, title VII, Sec. 702, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 
Stat. 1108.
    Section 1926b of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(A), was 
repealed by Pub. L. 104-127, title VII, Sec. 743, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 
Stat. 1125.
    Section 2324 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act 
of 1990, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(B), is section 2324 of Pub. L. 
101-624, which was set out as a note under section 1926 of this title 
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104-127, title VII, Sec. 703, Apr. 4, 1996, 
110 Stat. 1108.

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of section 232 of Pub. L. 103-354. Subsec. 
(b)(3) of section 232 of Pub. L. 103-354 amended section 5315 of Title 
5, Government Organization and Employees.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 104-127 substituted ``section 
1932(b)'' for ``section 1932(b)(2)''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6912 of this title.
