Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§916 Criteria for Loans
Title 7 › CHAPTER 31 — RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER I — RURAL ELECTRIFICATION › § 916
Summary
Require the Secretary to consider criteria from the Secretary of Energy when making or guaranteeing loans for generation or transmission, to match national energy policy.
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Title 7, §916
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In order to insure coordination of electric generation and transmission financing under this chapter with the national energy policy, the Secretary in making or guaranteeing loans for the construction, operation, or enlargement of generating plants or electric transmission lines or systems, shall consider such general criteria consistent with the provisions of this chapter as may be published by the Secretary of Energy.
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1994—Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” before “in making”.
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7 U.S.C. § 916
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102