---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2009b"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2009b"
heading: "National objectives"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2009b"
units:
  - "Chapter 50 — Agricultural Credit"
  - "Subchapter V — Rural Community Advancement Program"
---

# §2009b. National objectives


The national objectives of the program established under this subchapter shall be to—

- (1) promote strategic development activities and collaborative efforts by [State](/usc/7/2009.md?p=1) and local communities, and federally recognized Indian tribes, to maximize the impact of Federal assistance;
- (2) optimize the use of resources;
- (3) provide assistance in a manner that reflects the complexity of [rural](/usc/7/1991.md?p=a-13-A) needs, including the needs for business development, health care, education, infrastructure, cultural resources, the environment, and housing;
- (4) advance activities that empower, and build the capacity of, [State](/usc/7/2009.md?p=1) and local communities to design unique responses to the special needs of the [State](/usc/7/2009.md?p=1) and local communities, and federally recognized Indian tribes, for [rural](/usc/7/1991.md?p=a-13-A) development assistance; and
- (5) adopt flexible and innovative approaches to solving [rural](/usc/7/1991.md?p=a-13-A) development problems.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 381C, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VII, § 761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1139.)