Federal
Title 7 — Agriculture
2,926 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 1761 — Foreign markets; collection of information
- § 1762 — Personnel
- § 1763 — Transferred
- § 1764 — Reports and dispatches
- § 1765 — Foreign service appropriations; applicability
- § 1765a — Agricultural Trade Offices
- § 1765b — Functions
- § 1765b–1 — Omitted
- § 1765c — Performance of functions in foreign localities
- § 1765d — Acquisition of property
- § 1765d–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title II, § 213 , Sept. 30, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1365
- § 1765e — Location of offices
- § 1765f — Availability of agency services, personnel, and facilities
- § 1765g — Availability of reports and dispatches
- § 1765h — Representation allowance
- § 1766 — Rules and regulations; advance payment for rent and other service; funds for courtesies to foreign representatives
- § 1766a — Presidential regulations
- § 1766b — Language training for families of officers and employees assigned abroad
- § 1766c — Allowances and benefits
- § 1767 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 1768 — Foreign Operations Administration unaffected
- § 1769 — “Agricultural commodity” defined
- § 178 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 1781 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–130, § 4(a) , Nov. 1, 1993 , 107 Stat. 1369
- § 1782 to 1787 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–130, § 3(a) , Nov. 1, 1993 , 107 Stat. 1369
- § 178a — Definitions
- § 178b — Joint Commission on Research and Development of Critical Agricultural Materials
- § 178c — Research and development program by Secretary of Agriculture
- § 178d — Research and development program by Secretary of Commerce
- § 178e — Cooperative projects with Mexico, Australia, and Israel
- § 178f — Assistance from States and public agencies; contracts and agreements
- § 178g — Powers of Secretary of Agriculture
- § 178h — Powers of Secretary of Commerce
- § 178i — Coordination of activities with Federal agencies
- § 178j — Laws governing inventions under this subchapter
- § 178k — Disposition of byproducts and strategic and industrially important products
- § 178l — Rules and regulations
- § 178m — Report to President and Congress
- § 178n — Administration and funding
- § 17a — Separability of 1936 amendment
- § 17b — Separability of 1968 amendment
- § 18 — Complaints against registered persons
- § 1801 to 1816 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–321, title VI, § 601 , Nov. 3, 1965 , 79 Stat. 1206
- § 181 — Short title
- § 182 — Definitions
- § 1821 to 1824 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–321, title VI, § 601 , Nov. 3, 1965 , 79 Stat. 1206
- § 183 — When transaction deemed in commerce; “State” defined
- § 1831 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–321, title VI, § 601 , Nov. 3, 1965 , 79 Stat. 1206
- § 1831a — Contract restrictions
- § 1832 to 1837 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–321, title VI, § 601 , Nov. 3, 1965 , 79 Stat. 1206
- § 1838 — Conversion of cropland into vegetative cover, water storage, wildlife and conservation uses; contracts with farmers
- § 1851, 1852 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II , §§ 274, 275, Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 976
- § 1852a — Repealed. Pub. L. 90–475, § 8 , Aug. 11, 1968 , 82 Stat. 703
- § 1853 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 412(c) , Dec. 8, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4964
- § 1854 — Agreements limiting imports
- § 1855 — Supplemental appropriations to encourage exportation and domestic consumption of agricultural products
- § 1856 — Transfer of bartered materials to supplemental stockpile; limitation of acquisition to certain programs; authorization of appropriations
- § 1857 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title II, § 274 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 976
- § 1858 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–544, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 658
- § 1859 — Donation to penal and correctional institutions
- § 1860 — Federal irrigation, drainage, and flood-control projects
- § 1881 to 1888 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–648, title IV, § 403 , Jan. 5, 1971 , 84 Stat. 1925
- § 19 — Consideration of costs and benefits and antitrust laws
- § 1901 — Findings and declaration of policy
- § 1902 — Humane methods
- § 1903 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–445, § 5(b) , Oct. 10, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1069
- § 1904 — Methods research; designation of methods
- § 1905 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–445, § 5(b) , Oct. 10, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1069
- § 1906 — Exemption of ritual slaughter
- § 1907 — Practices involving nonambulatory livestock
- § 191 — “Packer” defined
- § 1911 — Consultation of Secretary of Agriculture with farmers, farm and commodity organizations and other persons and organizations; travel and per diem expenses
- § 1912 — Submission of legislative proposals
- § 1913 — Authority of Secretary of Agriculture under other provisions of law and to establish and consult with advisory committees
- § 192 — Unlawful practices enumerated
- § 1921 — Congressional findings
- § 1922 — Persons eligible for real estate loans
- § 1923 — Purposes of loans
- § 1924 — Conservation loan and loan guarantee program
- § 1925 — Limitations on amount of farm ownership loans
- § 1926 — Water and waste facility loans and grants
- § 1926–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 702 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1108
- § 1926a — Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program
- § 1926b — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 743 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1125
- § 1926c — Water and waste facility loans and grants to alleviate health risks
- § 1926d — Water systems for rural and Native villages in Alaska
- § 1926e — Rural decentralized water systems
- § 1926f — Contracts with not-for-profit third parties
- § 1927 — Repayment requirements
- § 1927a — Loan interest rates charged by Farmers Home Administration; grant funds associated with loans
- § 1928 — Full faith and credit
- § 1929 — Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund
- § 1929–1 — Level of loan programs under Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund
- § 1929a — Rural Development Insurance Fund
- § 1929b — Purchase of guaranteed portions of loans; terms and conditions; exercise of authorities
- § 193 — Procedure before Secretary for violations
- § 1930 — Continued availability of appropriated funds for direct real estate loans to farmers and ranchers
- § 1931 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 746 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1125
- § 1932 — Assistance for rural entities
- § 1933 — Guaranteed rural housing loans; Hawaiian home lands
- § 1934 — Low-income farm ownership loan program; eligibility; repayment requirements
- § 1935 — Down payment loan program
- § 1936 — Beginning farmer or rancher and socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher contract land sales program
- § 1936a — Use of rural development loans and grants for other purposes
- § 1936b — Intermediary relending program
- § 1936c — Relending program to resolve ownership and succession on farmland
- § 194 — Conclusiveness of order; appeal and review
- § 1941 — Persons eligible for loans
- § 1942 — Purposes of loans
- § 1943 — Limitations on amount of operating loans
- § 1944 — Soil conservation district loans; limitation; purchase of conservation equipment
- § 1945 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VI, § 613 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1089
- § 1946 — Liability of borrower
- § 1947, 1948 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VI , §§ 615, 616(a), Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1090
- § 1949 — Graduation of borrowers with operating loans or guarantees to private commercial credit
- § 195 — Punishment for violation of order
- § 196 — Statutory trust established; livestock
- § 1961 — Eligibility for loans
- § 1962 — Loan determination factors; written credit declinations
- § 1963 — Purpose and extent of loans
- § 1964 — Terms of loans
- § 1965 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–334, title I, § 120 , Aug. 4, 1978 , 92 Stat. 427
- § 1966 — Emergency Credit Revolving Fund utilization
- § 1967 — Addition to Emergency Credit Revolving Fund of sums from liquidation of loans; authorization of appropriations
- § 1968 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VI, § 626 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1092
- § 1969 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–24, § 1 , Apr. 20, 1973 , 87 Stat. 24
- § 197 — Statutory trust established; poultry
- § 1970 — Eligibility for assistance based on production loss
- § 1971 — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–198, title XIII, § 1308(d) , Dec. 23, 1985 , 99 Stat. 1523
- § 197a — Production contracts
- § 197b — Choice of law and venue
- § 197c — Arbitration
- § 198 — Definitions
- § 1981 — Farmers Home Administration
- § 1981a — Loan moratorium and policy on foreclosures
- § 1981b — Farm loan interest rates
- § 1981c — Oil and gas royalty payments on loans
- § 1981d — Notice of loan service programs
- § 1981e — Planting and production history guidelines
- § 1981f — Underwriting forms and standards
- § 1982 — Relief for mobilized military reservists from certain agricultural loan obligations
- § 1983 — Special conditions and limitations on loans
- § 1983a — Prompt approval of loans and loan guarantees
- § 1983b — Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program
- § 1983c — Provision of information to borrowers
- § 1983d — Farmer loan pilot projects
- § 1984 — Taxation
- § 1985 — Security servicing
- § 1986 — Conflicts of interests
- § 1987 — Debt adjustment and credit counseling; “summary period” defined; loan summary statements
- § 1988 — Appropriations
- § 1989 — Rules and regulations
- § 198a — Swine packer marketing contracts offered to producers
- § 198b — Report on the Secretary’s jurisdiction, power, duties, and authorities
- § 1990 — Transfer of lands to Secretary
- § 1990a — Refinancing of certain rural hospital debt
- § 1991 — Definitions
- § 1992 — Loan limitations
- § 1993 — Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit
- § 1994 — Maximum amounts for loans authorized; long-term cost projections
- § 1995 — Participation and financial and technical assistance by other Federal departments, etc., to program participants
- § 1996 — Loans to resident aliens
- § 1997 — Conservation easements
- § 1998 — Guaranteed farm loan programs
- § 1999 — Interest rate reduction program
- § 1a — Definitions
- § 1b — Requirements of Secretary of the Treasury regarding exemption of foreign exchange swaps and foreign exchange forwards from definition of the term “swap”
- § 2 — Jurisdiction of Commission; liability of principal for act of agent; Commodity Futures Trading Commission; transaction in interstate commerce
- § 20 — Market reports
- § 2000 — Homestead protection
- § 2001 — Debt restructuring and loan servicing
- § 2001a — Debt restructuring and loan servicing for community facility loans
- § 2002 — Transfer of inventory lands
- § 2003 — Target participation rates
- § 2004 — Expedited clearing of title to inventory property
- § 2005 — Payment of losses on guaranteed loans
- § 2006 — Waiver of mediation rights by borrowers
- § 2006a — Borrower training
- § 2006b — Loan assessments
- § 2006c — Supervised credit
- § 2006d — Market placement
- § 2006e — Prohibition on use of loans for certain purposes
- § 2006f — Rural development certified lenders program
- § 2007 to 2007e — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 701 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1108
- § 2008 — Rural development and farm loan program activities
- § 2008a — Equitable relief
- § 2008b — Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; qualified beginning farmers and ranchers
- § 2008c — Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs technical assistance and training
- § 2008d — Recordkeeping of loans by borrower’s gender
- § 2008e — Prohibition under rural development programs
- § 2008f — Crop insurance requirement
- § 2008g — Payment of interest as condition of loan servicing for borrowers
- § 2008h — Loan and loan servicing limitations
- § 2008i — Short form certification of farm program borrower compliance
- § 2008j — Transferred
- § 2008k — Making and servicing of loans by personnel of State, county, or area committees
- § 2008l — Eligibility of employees of State, county, or area committee for loans and loan guarantees
- § 2008m — National Rural Development Partnership
- § 2008n — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(a)(1)(C) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4775
- § 2008o — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6601(a)(1)(D) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4775