HR 3050 · 98th Congress · Agriculture and Food
Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act of 1983
Bill Progress
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Introduced✓
Committee✓
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Subcommittee on Agricultural Credit. Hearings held.(1984-05-15)
Recorded Votes
PassedHouse · 1984-03-01
Yea 283Nay 111
PassedHouse · 1984-03-01
Yea 283Nay 111
Plain Language Summary
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Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act of 1983 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (REA) to eliminate the requirement for a State certificate of convenience and necessity before the Administrator may make loans to provide rural telephone service. Revises the liabilities and uses of the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund established under the REA to provide that notes of the Administrator to the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain funds for loans shall be equity capital of the Fund. States that assets of the Fund shall be available only for: (1) payment of interest and principal on loans to the Administrator from the Secretary of the Treasury; and (2) for certificates of beneficial ownership issued to such Secretary or in the private market. Requires the Administrator to maintain two separate accounts within the fund: (1) the Electrification Account; and (2) the Telephone Account. Lists the items that shall be accounted for in each Account respectively, and restricts the purposes for which the assets of each Account shall be available. Authorizes the Administrator to repurchase specified certificates of beneficial ownership…
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Cosponsors (20)
16 Democrats4 Republicans