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[CITE: 7USC6944]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
          CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
 
        SUBCHAPTER III--RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 6944. Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service


(a) Establishment authorized

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary is 
authorized to establish and maintain within the Department the Rural 
Business and Cooperative Development Service and to assign to the 
Service such functions as the Secretary considers appropriate.

(b) Functions

    If the Secretary establishes the Rural Business and Cooperative 
Development Service under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary 
is authorized to assign to the Service jurisdiction over the following:
        (1) Section 313 and title V of the Rural Electrification Act of 
    1936 (7 U.S.C. 940c and 950aa et seq.).
        (2) Subtitle G of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, 
    Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.).
        (3) Sections 306(a)(1) and 310B of the Consolidated Farm and 
    Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(1) and 1932).
        (4) Section 1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 
    99-198; 7 U.S.C. 1932 note).
        (5) The Act of July 2, 1926 (44 Stat. 802, chapter 725; 7 U.S.C. 
    451 et seq.).

(Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 234, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3220.)

                       References in Text

    The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, referred to in subsec. 
(b)(1), is act May 20, 1936, ch. 432, 49 Stat. 1363, as amended. Title V 
of the Act is classified generally to subchapter V (Sec. 950aa et seq.) 
of chapter 31 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see section 901 of this title and Tables.
    The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, referred 
to in subsec. (b)(2), is Pub. L. 101-624, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3359, 
as amended. Subtitle G of title XVI of the Act, known as the Alternative 
Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990, is classified 
generally to subchapter VI (Sec. 5901 et seq.) of chapter 88 of this 
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title of 1990 Amendments note set out under section 1421 of this title 
and Tables.
    Act of July 2, 1926, referred to in subsec. (b)(5), is act July 2, 
1926, ch. 725, 44 Stat. 802, which is classified generally to chapter 18 
(Sec. 451 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Tables.
