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Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§913 Definitions

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 31— - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION › § 913

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key words used in the chapter. Farm means a farm as the Census Bureau defines it. Indian tribe is defined in section 5304 of title 25. Unless the chapter says otherwise, rural area means the farm and nonfarm population of areas described in section 1991(a)(13)(C) and any area inside a borrower’s service area for which the borrower had an outstanding loan under subchapters I through V as of the date this paragraph was enacted. Territory includes any U.S. insular possession. Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §913

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In this chapter:
(1)The term “farm” means a farm, as defined by the Bureau of the Census.
(2)The term “Indian tribe” has the meaning given the term in section 5304 of title 25.
(3)Except as provided otherwise in this chapter, the term “rural area” means the farm and nonfarm population of—
(A)any area described in section 1991(a)(13)(C) of this title; and
(B)any area within a service area of a borrower for which a borrower has an outstanding loan made under subchapters I through V as of the date of enactment of this paragraph.
(4)The term “territory” includes any insular possession of the United States.
(5)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of enactment of this paragraph, referred to in par. (3)(B), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–246, which was approved June 18, 2008. Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical

Amendments

to this section. The

Amendments

by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–246, § 6104, amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “As used in this chapter the term ‘rural area’, except as provided in section 924(b) of this title, shall be deemed to mean any area of the United States not included within the boundaries of any urban area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census, and such term shall be deemed to include both the farm and nonfarm population thereof; the term ‘farm’ shall be deemed to mean a farm as defined in the publications of the Bureau of the Census; the term ‘person’ shall be deemed to mean any natural person, firm, corporation, or association; the term ‘Territory’ shall be deemed to include any insular possession of the United States; and the term ‘Secretary’ shall be deemed to mean the Secretary of Agriculture.” 1994—Pub. L. 103–354 inserted before period at end “; and the term ‘Secretary’ shall be deemed to mean the Secretary of Agriculture”. 1993—Pub. L. 103–129 inserted “, except as provided in section 924(b) of this title,” before “shall be deemed to mean” and substituted “urban area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census” for “city, village, or borough having a population in excess of fifteen hundred inhabitants,”. 1949—Act Oct. 28, 1949, inserted “title I,” in credit of act May 20, 1936.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2008 AmendmentAmendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 8701 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 913

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73