Rule2023-11724
Implementation of Telecommunications Provisions of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018; Correction
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June 2, 2023
Effective
June 2, 2023
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Agriculture DepartmentRural Utilities Service
Abstract
On September 10, 2021, Rural Development's Rural Utilities Service (hereinafter referred to as "the Agency") published a document that completed modifications to existing program regulations to implement statutory provisions of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). Following the final implementation of the final rule, the Agency found that an amendment was necessary to clarify the meaning of a sentence. This document clarifies the final rule.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 106 (Friday, June 2, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 36217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11724]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
7 CFR Part 1735
[Docket No. RUS-20-TELECOM-0044]
RIN 0572-AA48
Implementation of Telecommunications Provisions of the
Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018; Correction
AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: On September 10, 2021, Rural Development's Rural Utilities
Service (hereinafter referred to as ``the Agency'') published a
document that completed modifications to existing program regulations
to implement statutory provisions of the Agriculture Improvement Act of
2018 (2018 Farm Bill). Following the final implementation of the final
rule, the Agency found that an amendment was necessary to clarify the
meaning of a sentence. This document clarifies the final rule.
DATES: Effective June 2, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information specific to this
document contact Laurel Leverrier, Assistant Administrator
Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ddb1bca8afb8b1f3b1b8abb8afafb4b8af9da8aeb9bcf3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="761a170304131a581a13001304041f1304360305121758111900">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone: (202)
720-9556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rural Utilities Service is issuing a
correcting amendment to provide clarification to the final rule that
published September 10, 2021, at 86 FR 50604. In that rule, the wording
of Sec. 1735.23(a) was not clear. This clarifying amendment provides
for clear information for readers.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1735
Loan programs--communications, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Rural areas, Telephone.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Rural Utilities Service
corrects 7 CFR part 1735 by making the following correcting amendment:
PART 1735--GENERAL POLICIES, TYPES OF LOANS, LOAN REQUIREMENTS--
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM
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1. The authority citation for part 1735 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 1921 et seq., and 6941 et seq.
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2. Amend Sec. 1735.23 by revising the introductory text of paragraph
(a) to read as follows:
Sec. 1735.23 Public notice.
(a) For applications which request funding in which the applicant
will provide retail broadband service, the Agency's mapping tool will
include the following information from each application, and be
displayed for the public:
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Andrew Berke,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 2023-11724 Filed 6-1-23; 8:45 am]
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