Title 7 — Agriculture

Every section of Title 7 of the United States Code, agriculture — 2,836 sections, full text, with the cases that cite each one.

• 7 U.S.C. § 1831a — Contract restrictions
• 7 U.S.C. § 1832_to_1837 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–321, title VI, §601, Nov. 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 1206
• 7 U.S.C. § 1838 — Conversion of cropland into vegetative cover, water storage, wildlife and conservation uses; contracts with farmers
• 7 U.S.C. § 1851,_1852 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II, §§274, 275, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 976
• 7 U.S.C. § 1852a — Repealed. Pub. L. 90–475, §8, Aug. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 703
• 7 U.S.C. § 1853 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, §412(c), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4964
• 7 U.S.C. § 1854 — Agreements limiting imports
• 7 U.S.C. § 1855 — Supplemental appropriations to encourage exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products
• 7 U.S.C. § 1856 — Transfer of bartered materials to supplemental stockpile; limitation of acquisition to certain programs; authorization of appropriations
• 7 U.S.C. § 1857 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II, §274, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 976
• 7 U.S.C. § 1858 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–544, §8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 658
• 7 U.S.C. § 1859 — Donation to penal and correctional institutions
• 7 U.S.C. § 1860 — Federal irrigation, drainage, and flood-control projects
• 7 U.S.C. § 1881_to_1888 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–648, title IV, §403, Jan. 5, 1971, 84 Stat. 1925
• 7 U.S.C. § 1901 — Findings and declaration of policy
• 7 U.S.C. § 1902 — Humane methods
• 7 U.S.C. § 1903 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–445, §5(b), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1069
• 7 U.S.C. § 1904 — Methods research; designation of methods
• 7 U.S.C. § 1905 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–445, §5(b), Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1069
• 7 U.S.C. § 1906 — Exemption of ritual slaughter
• 7 U.S.C. § 1907 — Practices involving nonambulatory livestock
• 7 U.S.C. § 1911 — Consultation of Secretary of Agriculture with farmers, farm and commodity organizations and other persons and organizations; travel and per diem expenses
• 7 U.S.C. § 1912 — Submission of legislative proposals
• 7 U.S.C. § 1913 — Authority of Secretary of Agriculture under other provisions of law and to establish and consult with advisory committees
• 7 U.S.C. § 1921 — Congressional findings
• 7 U.S.C. § 1922 — Persons eligible for real estate loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 1923 — Purposes of loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 1924 — Conservation loan and loan guarantee program
• 7 U.S.C. § 1925 — Limitations on amount of farm ownership loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 1926 — Water and waste facility loans and grants
• 7 U.S.C. § 1926-1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §702, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1108
• 7 U.S.C. § 1926a — Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program
• 7 U.S.C. § 1926b — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §743, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1125
• 7 U.S.C. § 1926c — Water and waste facility loans and grants to alleviate health risks
• 7 U.S.C. § 1926d — Water systems for rural and Native villages in Alaska
• 7 U.S.C. § 1926e — Rural decentralized water systems
• 7 U.S.C. § 1926f — Contracts with not-for-profit third parties
• 7 U.S.C. § 1927 — Repayment requirements
• 7 U.S.C. § 1927a — Loan interest rates charged by Farmers Home Administration; grant funds associated with loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 1928 — Full faith and credit
• 7 U.S.C. § 1929 — Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund
• 7 U.S.C. § 1929-1 — Level of loan programs under Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund
• 7 U.S.C. § 1929a — Rural Development Insurance Fund
• 7 U.S.C. § 1929b — Purchase of guaranteed portions of loans; terms and conditions; exercise of authorities
• 7 U.S.C. § 1930 — Continued availability of appropriated funds for direct real estate loans to farmers and ranchers
• 7 U.S.C. § 1931 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §746, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1125
• 7 U.S.C. § 1932 — Assistance for rural entities
• 7 U.S.C. § 1933 — Guaranteed rural housing loans; Hawaiian home lands
• 7 U.S.C. § 1934 — Low-income farm ownership loan program; eligibility; repayment requirements
• 7 U.S.C. § 1935 — Down payment loan program
• 7 U.S.C. § 1936 — Beginning farmer or rancher and socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher contract land sales program
• 7 U.S.C. § 1936a — Use of rural development loans and grants for other purposes
• 7 U.S.C. § 1936b — Intermediary relending program
• 7 U.S.C. § 1936c — Relending program to resolve ownership and succession on farmland
• 7 U.S.C. § 1941 — Persons eligible for loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 1942 — Purposes of loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 1943 — Limitations on amount of operating loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 1944 — Soil conservation district loans; limitation; purchase of conservation equipment
• 7 U.S.C. § 1945 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VI, §613, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1089
• 7 U.S.C. § 1946 — Liability of borrower
• 7 U.S.C. § 1947,_1948 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VI, §§615, 616(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1090
• 7 U.S.C. § 1949 — Graduation of borrowers with operating loans or guarantees to private commercial credit
• 7 U.S.C. § 1961 — Eligibility for loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 1962 — Loan determination factors; written credit declinations
• 7 U.S.C. § 1963 — Purpose and extent of loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 1964 — Terms of loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 1965 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–334, title I, §120, Aug. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 427
• 7 U.S.C. § 1966 — Emergency Credit Revolving Fund utilization
• 7 U.S.C. § 1967 — Addition to Emergency Credit Revolving Fund of sums from liquidation of loans; authorization of appropriations
• 7 U.S.C. § 1968 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VI, §626, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1092
• 7 U.S.C. § 1969 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–24, §1, Apr. 20, 1973, 87 Stat. 24
• 7 U.S.C. § 1970 — Eligibility for assistance based on production loss
• 7 U.S.C. § 1971 — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–198, title XIII, §1308(d), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1523
• 7 U.S.C. § 1981 — Farmers Home Administration
• 7 U.S.C. § 1981a — Loan moratorium and policy on foreclosures
• 7 U.S.C. § 1981b — Farm loan interest rates
• 7 U.S.C. § 1981c — Oil and gas royalty payments on loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 1981d — Notice of loan service programs
• 7 U.S.C. § 1981e — Planting and production history guidelines
• 7 U.S.C. § 1981f — Underwriting forms and standards
• 7 U.S.C. § 1982 — Relief for mobilized military reservists from certain agricultural loan obligations
• 7 U.S.C. § 1983 — Special conditions and limitations on loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 1983a — Prompt approval of loans and loan guarantees
• 7 U.S.C. § 1983b — Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program
• 7 U.S.C. § 1983c — Provision of information to borrowers
• 7 U.S.C. § 1983d — Farmer loan pilot projects
• 7 U.S.C. § 1984 — Taxation
• 7 U.S.C. § 1985 — Security servicing
• 7 U.S.C. § 1986 — Conflicts of interests
• 7 U.S.C. § 1987 — Debt adjustment and credit counseling; "summary period" defined; loan summary statements
• 7 U.S.C. § 1988 — Appropriations
• 7 U.S.C. § 1989 — Rules and regulations
• 7 U.S.C. § 1990 — Transfer of lands to Secretary
• 7 U.S.C. § 1990a — Refinancing of certain rural hospital debt
• 7 U.S.C. § 1991 — Definitions
• 7 U.S.C. § 1992 — Loan limitations
• 7 U.S.C. § 1993 — Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit
• 7 U.S.C. § 1994 — Maximum amounts for loans authorized; long-term cost projections
• 7 U.S.C. § 1995 — Participation and financial and technical assistance by other Federal departments, etc., to program participants
• 7 U.S.C. § 1996 — Loans to resident aliens
• 7 U.S.C. § 1997 — Conservation easements
• 7 U.S.C. § 1998 — Guaranteed farm loan programs
• 7 U.S.C. § 1999 — Interest rate reduction program
• 7 U.S.C. § 2000 — Homestead protection
• 7 U.S.C. § 2001 — Debt restructuring and loan servicing
• 7 U.S.C. § 2001a — Debt restructuring and loan servicing for community facility loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 2002 — Transfer of inventory lands
• 7 U.S.C. § 2003 — Target participation rates
• 7 U.S.C. § 2004 — Expedited clearing of title to inventory property
• 7 U.S.C. § 2005 — Payment of losses on guaranteed loans
• 7 U.S.C. § 2006 — Waiver of mediation rights by borrowers
• 7 U.S.C. § 2006a — Borrower training
• 7 U.S.C. § 2006b — Loan assessments
• 7 U.S.C. § 2006c — Supervised credit
• 7 U.S.C. § 2006d — Market placement
• 7 U.S.C. § 2006e — Prohibition on use of loans for certain purposes
• 7 U.S.C. § 2006f — Rural development certified lenders program
• 7 U.S.C. § 2007_to_2007e — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, §701, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1108
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008 — Rural development and farm loan program activities
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008a — Equitable relief
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008b — Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; qualified beginning farmers and ranchers
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008c — Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs technical assistance and training
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008d — Recordkeeping of loans by borrower's gender
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008e — Prohibition under rural development programs
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008f — Crop insurance requirement
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008g — Payment of interest as condition of loan servicing for borrowers
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008h — Loan and loan servicing limitations
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008i — Short form certification of farm program borrower compliance
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008j — Transferred
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008k — Making and servicing of loans by personnel of State, county, or area committees
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008l — Eligibility of employees of State, county, or area committee for loans and loan guarantees
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008m — National Rural Development Partnership
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008n — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, §6601(a)(1)(C), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4775
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008o — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, §6601(a)(1)(D), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4775
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008p — Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008q — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, §6601(a)(1)(E), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4775
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008q-1 — Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training of agricultural labor force
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008r — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, §6601(a)(1)(F), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4776
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008s — Rural microentrepreneur assistance program
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008t — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, §6601(a)(1)(G), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4776
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008u — Health care services
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008v — Strategic economic and community development
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008w — Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant Program
• 7 U.S.C. § 2008x — Reporting
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009 — Definitions
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009a — Establishment
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa — Definitions
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa-1 — Delta Regional Authority
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa-10 — Records
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa-11 — Annual report
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa-12 — Authorization of appropriations
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa-13 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, §2253(b), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3213
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa-2 — Economic and community development grants
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa-3 — Supplements to Federal grant programs
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa-4 — Local development districts; certification and administrative expenses
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa-5 — Distressed counties and areas and nondistressed counties
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa-6 — Development planning process
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa-7 — Program development criteria
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa-8 — Approval of development plans and projects
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009aa-9 — Consent of States
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009b — National objectives
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb — Definitions
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-1 — Northern Great Plains Regional Authority
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-10 — Records
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-11 — Annual report
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-12 — Authorization of appropriations
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-13 — Repealed. Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, §2254(b), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3213
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-1a — Interstate cooperation for economic opportunity and efficiency
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-2 — Economic and community development grants
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-3 — Supplements to Federal grant programs
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-4 — Multistate and local development districts and organizations and Northern Great Plains Inc.
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-5 — Distressed counties and areas and nondistressed counties
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-6 — Development planning process
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-7 — Program development criteria
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-8 — Approval of development plans and projects
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009bb-9 — Consent of States
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009c — Strategic plans
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc — Definitions
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-1 — Purposes
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-10 — Reporting requirements
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-11 — Examinations
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-12 — Injunctions and other orders
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-13 — Additional penalties for noncompliance
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-14 — Unlawful acts and omissions; breach of fiduciary duty
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-15 — Removal or suspension of directors or officers
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-16 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VI, §6027(e), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1183, and Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title VI, §6027(e), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1944
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-17 — Regulations
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-18 — Authorization of appropriations
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-2 — Establishment
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-3 — Selection of rural business investment companies
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-4 — Debentures
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-5 — Issuance and guarantee of trust certificates
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-6 — Fees
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-7 — Operational assistance grants
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-8 — Rural business investment companies
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009cc-9 — Financial institution investments
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009d — Rural Development Trust Fund
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009dd_to_2009dd-7 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, §6601(a)(1)(H), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4776
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009e — Transfers of funds
• 7 U.S.C. § 2009ee_to_2009ee-3 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–234, title VI, §6002(b), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1162, and Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title VI, §6002(b), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1923