(a) The Secretary may provide voluntary debt adjustment assistance between farmers and their creditors and may cooperate with State, territorial, and local agencies and committees engaged in such debt adjustment, and may give credit counseling.
(b)(1) As used in this subsection, the term “summary period” means—(A) the period beginning on December 23, 1985, and ending on the date on which the first loan summary statement is issued after December 23, 1985; or
(B) the period beginning on the date of issuance of the preceding loan summary statement and ending on the date of issuance of the current loan summary statement.
(2) On the request of a borrower of a loan made or insured (but not guaranteed) under this chapter, the Secretary shall issue to such borrower a loan summary statement that reflects the account activity during the summary period for each loan made or insured under this chapter to such borrower, including—(A) the outstanding amount of principal due on each such loan at the beginning of the summary period;
(B) the interest rate charged on each such loan;
(C) the amount of payments made on and their application to each such loan during the summary period and an explanation of the basis for the application of such payments;
(D) the amount of principal and interest due on each such loan at the end of the summary period;
(E) the total amount of unpaid principal and interest on all such loans at the end of the summary period;
(F) any delinquency in the repayment of any such loan;
(G) a schedule of the amount and date of payments due on each such loan; and
(H) the procedure the borrower may use to obtain more information concerning the status of such loans.
Structure US Code
CHAPTER 50— AGRICULTURAL CREDIT
SUBCHAPTER IV— ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
§ 1981. Farmers Home Administration
§ 1981a. Loan moratorium and policy on foreclosures
§ 1981b. Farm loan interest rates
§ 1981c. Oil and gas royalty payments on loans
§ 1981d. Notice of loan service programs
§ 1981e. Planting and production history guidelines
§ 1981f. Underwriting forms and standards
§ 1982. Relief for mobilized military reservists from certain agricultural loan obligations
§ 1983. Special conditions and limitations on loans
§ 1983a. Prompt approval of loans and loan guarantees
§ 1983b. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program
§ 1983c. Provision of information to borrowers
§ 1983d. Farmer loan pilot projects
§ 1986. Conflicts of interests
§ 1987. Debt adjustment and credit counseling; “summary period” defined; loan summary statements
§ 1990. Transfer of lands to Secretary
§ 1990a. Refinancing of certain rural hospital debt
§ 1993. Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit
§ 1994. Maximum amounts for loans authorized; long-term cost projections
§ 1996. Loans to resident aliens
§ 1997. Conservation easements
§ 1998. Guaranteed farm loan programs
§ 1999. Interest rate reduction program
§ 2001. Debt restructuring and loan servicing
§ 2001a. Debt restructuring and loan servicing for community facility loans
§ 2002. Transfer of inventory lands
§ 2003. Target participation rates
§ 2004. Expedited clearing of title to inventory property
§ 2005. Payment of losses on guaranteed loans
§ 2006. Waiver of mediation rights by borrowers
§ 2006e. Prohibition on use of loans for certain purposes
§ 2006f. Rural development certified lenders program
§§ 2007 to 2007e. Repealed. , ,
§ 2008. Rural development and farm loan program activities
§ 2008b. Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; qualified beginning farmers and ranchers
§ 2008c. Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs technical assistance and training
§ 2008d. Recordkeeping of loans by borrower’s gender
§ 2008e. Prohibition under rural development programs
§ 2008f. Crop insurance requirement
§ 2008g. Payment of interest as condition of loan servicing for borrowers
§ 2008h. Loan and loan servicing limitations
§ 2008i. Short form certification of farm program borrower compliance
§ 2008k. Making and servicing of loans by personnel of State, county, or area committees
§ 2008l. Eligibility of employees of State, county, or area committee for loans and loan guarantees
§ 2008m. National Rural Development Partnership
§ 2008p. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters
§ 2008q–1. Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training of agricultural labor force
§ 2008s. Rural microentrepreneur assistance program
§ 2008v. Strategic economic and community development