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7 C.F.R. § 1700.1

General

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(a) The Rural Electrification Administration (REA) was established by Executive Order No. 7037 on May 11, 1935. Statutory authority was provided by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (RE Act) (7 U.S.C. 901). The RE Act established REA as a lending agency with responsibility for developing a program for rural electrification.

(b) The Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) established the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) on October 20, 1994, pursuant to the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, (7 U.S.C. 6941 et. seq.). RUS was assigned responsibility for administering electric and telecommunications loan and loan guarantee programs previously administered by REA, including water and waste loans and grants previously administered by the Rural Development Administration, along with other functions as the Secretary determined appropriate. The rights, interests, obligations, duties, and contracts previously vested in REA were transferred to, and vested in RUS.

[63 FR 16085, Apr. 2, 1998, as amended at 84 FR 59920, Nov. 7, 2019]
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Cited in 1 case, 2000–2000 · leading case: Gilmore v. Day
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Gilmore v. Day (2000) almd “See 7 C.F.R. § 1700.1 (c). Nothing in the RE Act or the Code of Federal Regulations suggests that members of cooperatives have a federal remedy against cooperative trustees for discriminatory rate structures, selective billing, or for wasteful advertising.”
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