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§9817 Department of Agriculture; Rural Development Administration Programs

Title 42 › CHAPTER 105 — COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER I — COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Part D — Supportive Programs and Activities › § 9817

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture (or, when appropriate, the Farmers Home or Rural Development Administrator), after talking with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, must take steps so community development corporations and local cooperative associations can qualify for and receive help under the Housing Act of 1949; the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 and the Rural Development Act of 1972 for housing, business, industrial, and community development; and other USDA programs that support the goals of this part.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §9817

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The Secretary of Agriculture or, where appropriate, the Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration, or of the Rural Development Administration, after consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall take all necessary steps to ensure that community development corporations and local cooperative associations shall qualify for and shall receive—
(1)such assistance in connection with housing development under the Housing Act of 1949, as amended [42 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.];
(2)such assistance in connection with housing, business, industrial, and community development under the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 [7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.] and the Rural Development Act of 1972; and
(3)such further assistance under all such programs of the United States Department of Agriculture; as shall further the purposes of this subchapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Housing Act of 1949, referred to in par. (1), is act July 15, 1949, ch. 338, 63 Stat. 413, which is classified principally to chapter 8A (§ 1441 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1441 of this title and Tables. The Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961, referred to in par. (2), is title III of Pub. L. 87–128, Aug. 8, 1961, 75 Stat. 307, which was redesignated the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act by Pub. L. 92–419, § 101, Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 657, and is classified principally to chapter 50 (§ 1921 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1921 of Title 7 and Tables. The Rural Development Act of 1972, referred to in par. (2), is Pub. L. 92–419, Aug. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 657. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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of 1972 Amendment note set out under section 1921 of Title 7.

Amendments

1990—Pub. L. 101–624 substituted “Department of Agriculture; Rural Development Administration programs” for “Department of Agriculture and Farmers Home Administration programs” in section catchline and inserted “, or of the Rural Development Administration” after “of the Farmers Home Administration” in text.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 9817

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102