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§931 Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 31— - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - RURAL ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAMS › § 931

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a fund in the U.S. Treasury called the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund. The fund includes: all notes, bonds, obligations, liens, mortgages, and property given or assigned to the Secretary under loans made under sections 904, 905, and 922 of this title and the sales proceeds from them, as of May 11, 1973; undisbursed balances of electric and telephone loans made under those same sections as of May 11, 1973; all principal and interest collections received on or after July 1, 1972, on notes, bonds, judgments, or other obligations under subchapters I and II and this subchapter; any congressional appropriations for interest subsidies and losses required under this subchapter and any unused balances of funds listed under the "Rural Electrification Administration" item in the Department of Agriculture and Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations Acts; and money borrowed from the Secretary of the Treasury under section 934(a) of this title.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §931

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There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund (hereinafter referred to as the “fund”), consisting of: (1)
(2)undisbursed balances of electric and telephone loans made under section 904, 905,1 and 922 of this title, which as of May 11, 1973, shall be transferred to and be assets of the fund;
(3)all collections of principal and interest received on and after July 1, 1972, on notes, bonds, judgments, or other obligations made or held under subchapters I and II of this chapter and under this subchapter, which shall be paid into and be assets of the fund;
(4)all appropriations for interest subsidies and losses required under this subchapter which may hereafter be made by the Congress and the unobligated balances of any funds made available for loans under the item “Rural Electrification Administration” in the Department of Agriculture and Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations Acts; or
(5)moneys borrowed from the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 934(a) of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 905 of this title, referred to in pars. (1) and (2), was repealed by Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 774(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1150.

Amendments

2018—Par. (3). Pub. L. 115–334, § 6602(b)(7)(A), struck out “except for net collection proceeds previously appropriated for the purchase of class A stock in the Rural Telephone Bank,” after “under this subchapter,”. Par. (6). Pub. L. 115–334, § 6602(b)(7)(B)–(D), struck out par. (6) which read as follows: “shares of the capital stock of the Rural Telephone Bank purchased by the United States pursuant to section 946(a) of this title and moneys received from said bank upon retirement of said shares of stock in accordance with the provisions of subchapter IV of this chapter, which said shares and moneys shall be assets of the fund.” 1996—Pub. L. 104–127 struck out “(a)” before “There is hereby” in introductory provisions and struck out “notwithstanding section 903(a) of this title,” before “all collections” in par. (3). 1994—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”. 1976—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 94–570 provided for inclusion in the fund the unobligated balances of any funds made available for loans under item “Rural Electrification Administration” in the Department of Agriculture and Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriation Acts. 1973—Pub. L. 93–32 substituted provisions establishing the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund and enumerating its constituent parts, for provisions establishing a rural telephone account in the United States Treasury.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1976 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 94–570 effective Oct. 20, 1976, see section 4 of Pub. L. 94–570, set out as a note under section 935 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1973 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 93–32 effective May 11, 1973, see section 12 of Pub. L. 93–32, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 930 of this title.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 92–12, § 7,
May 14, 1971, 85 Stat. 37, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section and section 921a, 932, and 941 to 950b of this title, amending section 903 and 922 of this title and section 856 and 868 of former Title 31, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 856 and 868 of former Title 31] shall take effect upon enactment [
May 7, 1971].” Reservation of Right To Repeal, Alter, or Amend Pub. L. 92–12 Pub. L. 92–12, § 6,
May 14, 1971, 85 Stat. 37, provided that: “The right to repeal, alter, or amend this Act [enacting this section and section 921a, 932, and 941 to 950b of this title, amending section 903 and 922 of this title and section 856 and 868 of former Title 31, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 856 and 868 of former Title 31] is expressly reserved.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 931

Title 7Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73