---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1753.6"
title: "7"
number: "1753.6"
heading: "Standards, specifications, and general requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1753.6"
---

# §1753.6. Standards, specifications, and general requirements.

- (a) Materials, equipment, and construction financed with loan funds must meet the standards and specifications established by RUS in [7 CFR 1755.97](/cfr/7/1755.97.md) which lists the RUS Bulletins containing the standards and specifications for telephone facilities.
- (b) The borrower may use RUS loan funds to finance nonstandard construction materials or equipment only if approved by RUS in writing prior to purchase or commencement of construction.
- (c) Only new materials and equipment may be financed with loan funds, unless otherwise approved by RUS. The materials and equipment must be year 2000 compliant, as defined in [7 CFR 1735.22(e)](/cfr/7/1735.22.md?p=e).
- (d) All materials and equipment financed with loan funds are subject to the “Buy American” provision ([7 U.S.C. 901](/usc/7/901.md) et seq. as amended in 1938).
- (e) All software, software systems, and firmware financed with loan funds must be year 2000 compliant, as defined in [7 CFR 1732.22(e)](/cfr/7/1732.22.md?p=e).

## Notes

### Amendments

[54 FR 39267, Sept. 25, 1989. Redesignated at 55 FR 39396, Sept. 27, 1990, as amended at 59 FR 43716, Aug. 25, 1994; 63 FR 45679, Aug. 27, 1998; 64 FR 16605, Apr. 6, 1999; 81 FR 71582, Oct. 18, 2016]

### Source

Source: 54 FR 39267, Sept. 25, 1989, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 55 FR 39396, Sept. 27, 1990.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 501, 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.

### Amendments

[54 FR 39267, Sept. 25, 1989. Redesignated at 55 FR 39396, Sept. 27, 1990, as amended at 59 FR 43716, Aug. 25, 1994; 63 FR 45679, Aug. 27, 1998; 64 FR 16605, Apr. 6, 1999; 81 FR 71582, Oct. 18, 2016]