Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§6943 Rural Housing and Community Development Service
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 98— - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › § 6943
Summary
The Secretary can create a Rural Housing and Community Development Service inside the Department and give it duties. If created, it can oversee programs under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) and rural community lending programs, including section 2008d of this title.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §6943
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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary is authorized to establish and maintain within the Department the Rural Housing and Community Development Service and to assign to the Service such functions as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(b)If the Secretary establishes the Rural Housing and Community Development Service under subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized to assign to the Service jurisdiction over the following:
(1)Programs and activities under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.).
(2)Programs and activities that relate to rural community lending programs, including programs authorized by section 2008d of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Housing Act of 1949, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is act July 15, 1949, ch. 338, 63 Stat. 413. Title V of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1471 et seq.) of chapter 8A of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 1441 of Title 42 and Tables.
Amendments
1996—Subsec. (b)(2), (3). Pub. L. 104–127 redesignated par. (3) as (2), substituted “section 2008d of this title” for “sections 2008 through 2008d of this title”, and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “Programs and activities authorized under section 1932(i) of this title and related provisions of law.”
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 6943
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73