---
kind: "unit"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
key: "ch31/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Rural Electrification"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/ch31-schI"
sections_count: 24
---

# Subchapter I — Rural Electrification

Title 7 — Agriculture › Chapter 31 — Rural Electrification and Telephone Service

## Sections

- [§901. Short title](/usc/7/901.md)
- [§902. General authority of Secretary of Agriculture](/usc/7/902.md)
- [§903. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/7/903.md)
- [§904. Loans for electrical plants and transmission lines](/usc/7/904.md)
- [§905. Fees for certain loan guarantees](/usc/7/905.md)
- [§906. Funding for administrative expenses](/usc/7/906.md)
- [§906a. Use of funds outside the United States or its territories prohibited](/usc/7/906a.md)
- [§907. Acquisition of property pledged for loans; disposition; sale of pledged property by borrower](/usc/7/907.md)
- [§908. Limitations on use of assistance](/usc/7/908.md)
- [§909. Administration on nonpolitical basis; dismissal of officers or employees for violating provision](/usc/7/909.md)
- [§910. Repealed.](/usc/7/910.md)
- [§911. Acceptance of services of Federal or State officers; application of civil service laws; expenditures for supplies and equipment](/usc/7/911.md)
- [§911a. Repealed.](/usc/7/911a.md)
- [§912. Extension of time for repayment of loans](/usc/7/912.md)
- [§912a. Rescheduling and refinancing of loans](/usc/7/912a.md)
- [§913. Definitions](/usc/7/913.md)
- [§914. Separability](/usc/7/914.md)
- [§915. Purchase of financial and credit reports](/usc/7/915.md)
- [§916. Criteria for loans](/usc/7/916.md)
- [§917. Prohibition on restricting water and waste facility services to electric customers](/usc/7/917.md)
- [§918. General prohibitions](/usc/7/918.md)
- [§918a. Energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities efficiency grants and loans in rural communities with extremely high energy costs](/usc/7/918a.md)
- [§918b. Acquisition of existing systems in rural communities with high energy costs](/usc/7/918b.md)
- [§918c. Rural and remote communities electrification grants](/usc/7/918c.md)