{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1786.51","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1786.51","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this subpart:\nAct means the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.).\nAdministrator means the Administrator of RUS.\nDiscounted Present Value shall have the meaning specified in § 1786.53\nFund means the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund established pursuant to the Act.\nREA means the Rural Electrification Administration formerly an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture and predecessor agency to RUS with respect to administering certain electric and telephone loan programs.\nRUS means the Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the Unites States Department of Agriculture, established pursuant to Section 232 of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-354, 108 Stat. 3178), successor to REA with respect to administering certain electric and telephone programs. See 7 CFR 1700.1.\nRUS Loan Agreement means the agreement between the borrower and RUS providing for loans pursuant to the Act.\nRUS Notes means those notes, bonds or other obligations evidencing indebtedness created by loans made pursuant to Titles I, II or III of the Act (7 U.S.C. 901-940).","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XVII—RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 1786—PREPAYMENT OF RUS GUARANTEED AND INSURED LOANS TO ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE BORROWERS","Subpart C—Special Discounted Prepayments on RUS Direct/Insured Loans"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"6490922bd479c2198fae8fcf84ab2befa34b4956dd657c1eee02d2d9bc9b2fda","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1786.50","next":"us/7-cfr-1786.52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}