§ 921. — Congressional declaration of policy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC921]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 31--RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER II--RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE
Sec. 921. Congressional declaration of policy
It is declared to be the policy of the Congress that adequate
telephone service be made generally available in rural areas through the
improvement and expansion of existing telephone facilities and the
construction and operation of such additional facilities as are required
to assure the availability of adequate telephone service to the widest
practicable number of rural users of such service.
(Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 776, Sec. 1, 63 Stat. 948.)
Codification
Section is composed of the first sentence of section 1 of act Oct.
28, 1949. The second sentence of section 1 of that act, which provided
that: ``In order to effectuate this policy, the Rural Electrification
Act of 1936 [this chapter] is amended as hereinafter provided'', is
omitted from the Code.
Section was not enacted as part of title II of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 which comprises subchapter II of this
chapter.
