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7 U.S.C. 940c: Cushion of credit payments program

Created in 1987 by Public Law 100-203. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 912, 7 U.S.C. 940c–1, 7 U.S.C. 940c–2, 7 U.S.C. 2207b, 7 U.S.C. 6944.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2018

    • Pub. L. 115–334, §6503(1), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, and added subpar. (B). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §6503(2), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, and added subpar. (B). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §6503(3), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, and added subpar. (B). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §6504(b), struck out subpar. (A) designation and heading before "The Secretary shall", substituted "5 percent." for "the 5 percent rate of interest provided to borrowers on cushion of credit payments.", and struck out subpars. (B) to (E) which related to grants, rep… (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (b)

    1994

    • Pub. L. 103–354 substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator". · (a), (b)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.