Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§915 Purchase of Financial and Credit Reports
Title 7 › Chapter 31— RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE › Subchapter I— RURAL ELECTRIFICATION › § 915
Summary
Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to buy financial or credit reports needed for work, but only if money is provided and the cost stays within the budget limits.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §915
Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to purchase such financial and credit reports as may be necessary to carry out the Secretary’s authorized work: Provided, That purchases under this authority shall not be made unless provision is made therefor in the applicable appropriation and the cost thereof is not in excess of limitations prescribed therein.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944, and not as part of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 which constitutes this chapter.
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “Secretary of Agriculture” for “Rural Electrification Administration” and “the Secretary’s” for “its”.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
7 U.S.C. § 915
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60