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§1927a Loan interest rates charged by Farmers Home Administration; grant funds associated with loans

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 50— - AGRICULTURAL CREDIT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - REAL ESTATE LOANS › § 1927a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

From Oct 1, 1981 for water, waste disposal, and community facility borrowers, and from Nov 12, 1983 for housing and farm borrowers, if the borrower asks, FmHA must charge the lower interest rate that was in effect at loan approval or at loan closing. Any FmHA grant tied to the loan is set using the interest rate in effect at loan approval.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §1927a

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Effective October 1, 1981, and thereafter, in the case of water and waste disposal and community facility borrowers, and effective November 12, 1983, and thereafter, in the case of housing and farm borrowers, upon request of the borrower, the interest rate charged by the Farmers Home Administration to such borrowers shall be the lower of the rates in effect at either the time of loan approval or loan closing and any Farmers Home Administration grant funds associated with such loans shall be set in amount based on the interest rate in effect at the time of loan approval.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985, and not as part of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–233 substituted “Effective
October 1, 1981, and thereafter, in the case of water and waste disposal and community facility borrowers, and effective
November 12, 1983, and thereafter, in the case of housing and farm borrowers” for “Effective
November 12, 1983, and thereafter” and “to such borrowers” for “to housing, farm, water and waste disposal, and community facility borrowers”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Applicability of 1988 Amendment Pub. L. 100–233, title VI, § 615(b)(1)(B), Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1682, provided that: “The amendment made by subparagraph (A) [amending this section] shall not apply to any note or other obligation sold under section 1001 of the Omnibus [Budget] Reconciliation Act of 1986 [Pub. L. 99–509, 7 U.S.C. 1929a note] on or before the date of the enactment of this paragraph [Jan. 6, 1988].”

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 1927a

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73