§ 913. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC913]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 31--RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER I--RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
Sec. 913. Definitions
As used in this chapter the term ``rural area'', except as provided
in section 924(b) of this title, shall be deemed to mean any area of the
United States not included within the boundaries of any urban area, as
defined by the Bureau of the Census, and such term shall be deemed to
include both the farm and nonfarm population thereof; the term ``farm''
shall be deemed to mean a farm as defined in the publications of the
Bureau of the Census; the term ``person'' shall be deemed to mean any
natural person, firm, corporation, or association; the term
``Territory'' shall be deemed to include any insular possession of the
United States; and the term ``Secretary'' shall be deemed to mean the
Secretary of Agriculture.
(May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title I, Sec. 13, 49 Stat. 1367; Oct. 28, 1949,
ch. 776, Sec. 2, 63 Stat. 948; Pub. L. 103-129, Sec. 2(c)(3), Nov. 1,
1993, 107 Stat. 1363; Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 235(a)(6), Oct.
13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3221.)
Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-354 inserted before period at end ``; and the term
`Secretary' shall be deemed to mean the Secretary of Agriculture''.
1993--Pub. L. 103-129 inserted ``, except as provided in section
924(b) of this title,'' before ``shall be deemed to mean'' and
substituted ``urban area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census'' for
``city, village, or borough having a population in excess of fifteen
hundred inhabitants,''.
1949--Act Oct. 28, 1949, inserted ``title I,'' in credit of act May
20, 1936.
