§ 2666. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC2666]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 59--RURAL FIRE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH
AND EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER II--RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
Sec. 2666. Definitions
For the purposes of this subchapter--
(a) ``rural development'' means the planning, financing, and
development of facilities and services in rural areas that
contribute to making those areas desirable places in which to live
and make private and business investments; the planning,
development, and expansion of business and industry in rural areas
to provide increased employment and income; the planning,
development, conservation, and use of land, water, and other natural
resources of rural areas to maintain or improve the quality of the
environment for people and business in rural areas; and the building
or improvement of institutional, organizational, and leadership
capacities of rural citizens and leaders to define and resolve their
own community problems;
(b) ``State'' means the several States, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United
States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and
(c) ``small farm'' means any farm (1) producing family net
income from all sources (farm and nonfarm) below the median
nonmetropolitan income of the State; (2) operated by a family
dependent on farming for a significant though not necessarily a
majority of its income; and (3) on which family members provide most
of the labor and management.
(Pub. L. 92-419, title V, Sec. 506, as added Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV,
Sec. 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1326.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2666, Pub. L. 92-419, title V, Sec. 506, Aug. 30,
1972, 86 Stat. 674, related to withholding of funds, the keeping of a
separate account in the Treasury, appeal by a State to Congress,
covering of moneys into the Treasury, and State money replacement, prior
to repeal by Pub. L. 97-98, title XIV, Sec. 1444(a), Dec. 22, 1981, 95
Stat. 1326.
Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained
in former section 2667 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97-98.
Effective Date
Section effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97-98,
set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.
