7 USC 6942 - Rural Utilities Service
(a) Establishment required
The Secretary shall establish and maintain within the Department the Rural Utilities Service and assign to the Service such functions as the Secretary considers appropriate.
The Secretary shall establish and maintain within the Department the Rural Utilities Service and assign to the Service such functions as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(b) Administrator
(1) Appointment
The Rural Utilities Service shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The Rural Utilities Service shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(2) Succession
Any official who is serving as Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration on October 13, 1994, and who was appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate
Any official who is serving as Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration on October 13, 1994, and who was appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate
(A) may be considered to be serving in the successor position established under paragraph (1); and
(B) shall not be required to be reappointed to that position by reason of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Functions
The Secretary shall carry out through the Rural Utilities Service the following functions that are under the jurisdiction of the Department:
The Secretary shall carry out through the Rural Utilities Service the following functions that are under the jurisdiction of the Department:
(1) Electric and telephone loan programs and water and waste facility activities authorized by law, including
(B) section 1926–11 of this title; and
(2) Water and waste facility programs and activities authorized by law, including
[1] See References in Text note below.