This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this title”, meaning title III of Pub. L. 87–128, Aug. 8, 1961, 75 Stat. 307, known as the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title III to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1921 of this title and Tables.

Section 202 of the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(10), is section 202 of Pub. L. 95–334, title II, Aug. 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 429, which was set out in a note preceding section 1961 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101–624, title XVIII, § 1851, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3837.

The Economic Opportunity Act of 1961, referred to in subsec. (a)(10), probably means the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Pub. L. 88–452, Aug. 20, 1964, 78 Stat. 508, which was classified generally to chapter 34 (§ 2701 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to repeal, except for titles VIII and X, by Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 683(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 519. Titles VIII and X of the Act are classified generally to subchapters VIII (§ 2991 et seq.) and X (§ 2996 et seq.) of chapter 34 of Title 42. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Section 1254 of the Food Security Act of 1985, referred to in subsec. (a)(10), is section 1254 of Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1517, which amended Pub. L. 98–258, § 608, set out as a note under section 1981 of this title.

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

2018—Subsec. (a)(11)(C). Pub. L. 115–334, § 5401(e)(1), substituted “joint operator, or owners” for “or joint operators”.

Subsec. (a)(13)(A). Pub. L. 115–334, § 6301(a)(1), substituted “through (I)” for “through (G)” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (a)(13)(B). Pub. L. 115–334, § 6402(a)(1), struck out “and guaranteed” before “loans” in heading and text and substituted “(1) and (2)” for “(1), (2), and (24)”.

Subsec. (a)(13)(C). Pub. L. 115–334, § 6402(a)(2), struck out “and guaranteed” before “loans” and substituted “and (21)” for “(21), and (24)”.

Subsec. (a)(13)(H), (I). Pub. L. 115–334, § 6301(a)(2), added subpars. (H) and (I).

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–334, § 5401(f)(1), substituted “1927(d)” for “1927(e)” in introductory provisions.

2014—Subsec. (a)(11)(C). Pub. L. 113–79, § 5303(a)(2), which directed substitution of “joint operators, or owners,” for “or joint operators,” could not be executed because “or joint operators,” did not appear in text. Corrected amendment was made by Pub. L. 115–334, § 5401(e)(1), effective as of the effective date of Pub. L. 113–79, § 5303(a)(2). See 2018 Amendment note above and Effective Date of 2018 Amendment note below.

Pub. L. 113–79, § 5303(a)(1), substituted “joint operation, or such other legal entity as the Secretary considers appropriate,” for “or joint operation,”.

Subsec. (a)(11)(D)(i)(II)(aa). Pub. L. 113–79, § 5303(a)(1), (2), substituted “joint operation, or such other legal entity as the Secretary considers appropriate,” for “or joint operation,” and “joint operators, or owners,” for “or joint operators,”.

Subsec. (a)(11)(D)(i)(II)(bb). Pub. L. 113–79, § 5303(a)(3), substituted “cooperative, corporation, partnership, joint operation, or other such legal entity as the Secretary considers appropriate, has members, stockholders, partners, or joint operators,” for “corporation, has stockholders,”.

Subsec. (a)(11)(D)(ii)(II)(aa). Pub. L. 113–79, § 5303(a)(1), (2), substituted “joint operation, or such other legal entity as the Secretary considers appropriate,” for “or joint operation,”and “joint operators, or owners,” for “or joint operators,”.

Subsec. (a)(11)(D)(ii)(II)(bb). Pub. L. 113–79, § 5303(a)(3), substituted “cooperative, corporation, partnership, joint operation, or other such legal entity as the Secretary considers appropriate, has members, stockholders, partners, or joint operators,” for “corporation, has stockholders,”.

Subsec. (a)(11)(F). Pub. L. 113–79, § 5303(b), substituted “average acreage” for “median acreage”.

2008—Subsec. (a)(13). Pub. L. 110–246, § 6018(a), amended par. (13) generally, substituting provisions defining “rural” and “rural area”, provisions defining such terms for the purpose of water and waste disposal grants and direct and guaranteed loans and community facility loans and grants, and provisions relating to areas rural in character, exclusions, urban area growth, and designations in Hawaii and Puerto Rico, for provisions defining “rural” and “rural area” and defining such terms for the purpose of water and waste disposal grants and direct and guaranteed loans, community facility loans and grants, multijurisdictional regional planning organizations, and the rural business investment program.

2002—Subsec. (a)(11)(F). Pub. L. 107–171, § 5310(a), substituted “30 percent” for “25 percent”.

Subsec. (a)(12)(B). Pub. L. 107–171, § 5310(b), amended heading and text of subpar. (B) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The term ‘debt forgiveness’ does not include consolidation, rescheduling, reamortization, or deferral.”

Subsec. (a)(13). Pub. L. 107–171, § 6020(a), added par. (13).

1997—Subsec. (a)(11)(F). Pub. L. 105–113 struck out “taken under section 142 of title 13” after “census of agriculture”.

1996—Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 104–127, § 661(h)(1), struck out “recreation loan (RL) under section 1924 of this title,” before “emergency loan (EM)”.

Subsec. (a)(11). Pub. L. 104–127, § 640(1)(A), in introductory provisions, substituted “applicant, regardless of whether the applicant is participating in a program under section 1935 of this title” for “applicant”.

Subsec. (a)(11)(F). Pub. L. 104–127, § 640(1)(B), substituted “25 percent” for “15 percent” and inserted before semicolon at end “, except that this subparagraph shall not apply to a loan made or guaranteed under subchapter II”.

Subsec. (a)(12). Pub. L. 104–127, § 640(2), added par. (12).

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–127, §§ 661(h)(2)(A), 749(b)(2), in introductory provisions, substituted “1988(b), 2000(b) and (c)” for “1988(f), 1999(h), 2000(b) and (c)”.

Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 104–127, § 661(h)(2)(B), added par. (4) and struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: “The term ‘preservation loan service program’ means—

“(A) homestead retention as authorized under section 2000 of this title; and

“(B) a leaseback or buyback of farmland authorized under section 1985 of this title.”

1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–554 substituted “this chapter:” and par. (1) for “this chapter (1) the term ‘farmers’ shall be deemed to include persons who are engaged in, or who, with assistance afforded under this chapter, intend to engage in, fish farming,”, in pars. (2) to (8), realigned margins and substituted “The” for “the” first place appearing in each par. and a period for a comma at end of each par., in par. (9), realigned margin and substituted “The” for “the” first place appearing and a period for “, and” at end, in par. (10), realigned margin and substituted “The” for “the” first place appearing, and added par. (11).

1991—Subsec. (a)(1), (3). Pub. L. 102–237, § 702(h)(1)(A), (B), made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 101–624, § 2388(h)(1), (2). See 1990 Amendment note below.

Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 102–237, § 702(h)(1)(C), repealed Pub. L. 101–624, § 2388(h)(3). See 1990 Amendment note below.

1990—Subsec. (a)(1), (3). Pub. L. 101–624, § 2388(h)(1), (2), as amended by Pub. L. 102–237, § 702(h)(1)(A), (B), struck out “and” after “fish farming,” in par. (1), and “and” after “such loan,” in par. (3).

Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 101–624, § 2388(h)(3), which directed substitution of “ ‘contract of insurance’ ” for “contract of insurance”, was repealed by Pub. L. 102–237, § 702(h)(1)(C). See Construction of 1990 Amendment note below.

Subsec. (a)(8) to (10). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1814, added pars. (8) to (10).

1988—Pub. L. 100–233 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

1985—Pub. L. 99–198 added cl. (7).

1980—Pub. L. 96–438 added cl. (3). For termination of former cl. (3) as added by Pub. L. 89–586, see Effective and Termination Date of 1966 Amendment note below.

1978—Pub. L. 95–334 added cl. (6).

1972—Pub. L. 92–419 added cls. (4) and (5).

1966—Pub. L. 89–586 struck out “and” before “(2)” and inserted cl. (3) defining “owner-operator”. See Effective and Termination Date of 1966 Amendment note below.

Pub. L. 115–334, title V, § 5401(e)(2), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4674, provided that: “The amendment made by this subsection [amending this section] shall take effect as of the effective date of section 5303(a)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) [probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 113–79, which was approved Feb. 7, 2014].”

Pub. L. 115–334, title V, § 5401(f)(2), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4674, provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall take effect as of the date of enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) [Feb. 7, 2014].”

Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.

Pub. L. 105–113, § 3(d), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2276, provided that: “This section [amending this section and repealing section 142 of Title 13, Census] and the amendments made by this section shall take effect October 1, 1998.”

Amendment by section 640(1) of Pub. L. 104–127 effective 90 days after Apr. 4, 1996, and amendment by sections 640(2) and 661(h) of Pub. L. 104–127 effective Apr. 4, 1996, see section 663(a), (b) of Pub. L. 104–127, set out as a note under section 1922 of this title.

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–237 effective as if included in the provision of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101–624, to which the amendment relates, see section 1101(b)(7) of Pub. L. 102–237, set out as a note under section 1421 of this title.

Pub. L. 89–586, Sept. 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 809, as amended by Pub. L. 90–426, July 26, 1968, 82 Stat. 445, provided in part that the amendment made by Pub. L. 89–586 is effective only for the period of time commencing with Sept. 19, 1966, and ending on June 30, 1970.

Pub. L. 102–237, title VII, § 702(h)(2), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1881, as amended by Pub. L. 102–552, title V, § 516(k), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4139, provided that: “The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act [title III of Pub. L. 87–128, see Short Title note set out under section 1921 of this title] shall be applied and administered as if the amendment made by section 2388(h)(3) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 [Pub. L. 101–624, amending this section] had never been enacted.”

For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.