7 U.S.C. § 936e: Administrative prohibitions…

Summary

The Secretary must make rules to reduce unnecessary approvals, rules, or limits on electric borrowers whose net worth is more than 110 percent of the outstanding principal balance on all loans made or guaranteed to the borrower by the Secretary. Those rules should follow how private lenders act with similar borrowers. If a private lender finances a major project and asks, the Secretary must quickly offer either to share the government’s claim on the borrower’s system or to let the private lender’s claim take priority on the property the lender finances. The Secretary can also set reasonable protections to make sure loans have enough security. These actions do not stop the Secretary from setting loan terms or doing other things the law allows.

Title 7, §936e

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(a)In general

For the purpose of relieving borrowers of unnecessary and burdensome requirements, the Secretary, guided by the practices of private lenders with respect to similar credit risks, shall issue regulations, applicable to any electric borrower under this chapter whose net worth exceeds 110 percent of the outstanding principal balance on all loans made or guaranteed to the borrower by the Secretary, to minimize those approval rights, requirements, restrictions, and prohibitions that the Secretary otherwise may establish with respect to the operations of such a borrower.

(b)Subordination or sharing of liens

At the request of a private lender providing financing to such a borrower for a capital investment, the Secretary shall, expeditiously, either offer to share the government’s lien on the borrower’s system or offer to subordinate the government’s lien on that property financed by the private lender.

(c)Issuance of regulations

In issuing regulations implementing this section, the Secretary may establish requirements, guided by the practices of private lenders, to ensure that the security for any loan made or guaranteed under this chapter is reasonably adequate.

(d)Authority of Secretary

Nothing in this section limits the authority of the Secretary to establish terms and conditions with respect to the use by borrowers of the proceeds of loans made or guaranteed under this chapter or to take any other action specifically authorized by law.

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Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in heading of subsec. (d) and wherever appearing in text. 1993—Pub. L. 103–201 inserted “certain” before “electric” in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Administrator may not require prior approval of, impose any requirement, restriction, or prohibition with respect to the operations of, or deny or delay the granting of a lien accommodation to, any electric borrower under this chapter whose net worth exceeds 110 percent of the outstanding principal balance on all loans made or guaranteed to the borrower by the Administrator.”

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Regulations

Pub. L. 103–201, § 2, Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2342, provided that: “The Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration shall issue interim final

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implementing this Act [amending this section] not later than 180 days after enactment [Dec. 17, 1993]. If the

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are not issued within such period of time, the Administrator may not, until the Administrator issues such

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, require prior approval of, establish any requirement, restriction, or prohibition, with respect to the operations of any electric borrower under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 [7 U.S.C. 90 et seq.] whose net worth exceeds 110 percent of the outstanding principal balance on all loans made or guaranteed to the borrower by the Administrator.”

§936e Administrative Prohibitions Applicable to Certain Electric Borrowers

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Title 7, §936e

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