HR 590 · 98th Congress · Agriculture and Food
A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reduce the interest rate payable on certain disaster emergency loans made and insured under such Act.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.(1983-02-04)
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Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reduce interest rate limits on certain emergency disaster loans made or insured after September 30, 1981: (1) from eight percent to five percent, where the loan applicant cannot obtain sufficient credit elsewhere; and (2) from the prevailing private market rate to the current average yield on certain U.S. Treasury obligations (plus a one percent additional charge), where the applicant can obtain such credit elsewhere.…
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