It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Congress that adequate funds should be made available to rural electric and telephone systems through direct, insured and guaranteed loans at interest rates which will allow them to achieve the objectives of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended [ et seq.], and that such rural electric and telephone systems should be encouraged and assisted to develop their resources and ability to achieve the financial strength needed to enable them to satisfy their credit needs from their own financial organizations and other sources at reasonable rates and terms consistent with the loan applicant’s ability to pay and achievement of the Act’s objectives.
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CHAPTER 31— RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER III— RURAL ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAMS
§ 930. Congressional declaration of policy
§ 931. Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
§ 931a. Level of loan programs under Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
§ 932. Liabilities and uses of Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
§ 933. Moneys in the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
§ 935. Insured loans; interest rates and lending levels
§ 936b. Sale or prepayment of direct or insured loans
§ 936c. Refinancing and prepayment of FFB loans
§ 936d. Eligibility of distribution borrowers for loans, loan guarantees, and lien accommodations
§ 936e. Administrative prohibitions applicable to certain electric borrowers
§ 936f. Substantially underserved trust areas
§ 937. Loans from other credit sources
§ 938. Full faith and credit of the United States
§ 939. Loan terms and conditions
§ 940. Refinancing of rural development loans
§ 940c. Cushion of credit payments program
§ 940c–1. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes
§ 940c–2. Rural development loans and grants
§ 940e. Expansion of 911 access
§ 940f. Extension of period of existing guarantee