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Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act of 1983

Introduced: May 18, 1983 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 25 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 1984
Subcommittee on Agricultural Credit. Hearings held.
Apr 12, 1984
Subcommittee on Agricultural Credit. Hearings held.
Mar 20, 1984
Subcommittee on Agricultural Credit. Hearings held.
Mar 5, 1984
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 1, 1984
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 283 - 111 (Record Vote No: 36).
Mar 1, 1984
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 283 - 111 (Record Vote No: 36).
Mar 1, 1984
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Mar 1, 1984
The Clerk Reported Committee Amendments.
Feb 29, 1984
Considered by House Unfinished Business.
Feb 29, 1984
Called up by House by Rule.
Feb 29, 1984
Rule Passed House.
Feb 28, 1984
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.447 Reported to House.
Feb 28, 1984
Rule Granted Providing an Open Rule with 1 Hour of Debate. Waiver of Points of Order.
Dec 9, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means Sequentially, for a Period Ending not Later than Feb 24, 84.
Dec 9, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Sequentially, for a Period Ending not Later than Feb 24, 84.
Dec 9, 1983
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Agriculture. Report No: 98-588 (Part I).
Oct 28, 1983
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Oct 28, 1983
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 26, 1983
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Oct 26, 1983
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 5, 1983
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Oct 4, 1983
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 25, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.
May 18, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
May 18, 1983
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 3

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 613 A substitute amendment. The amendment raises the bill's variable interest formula for REA direct loans; requi… Pending
HAMDT 612 An amendment to add a new section that restricts eligibility for financial assistance. The amendment requires… Pending
HAMDT 611 An amendment to require prior approval by the President of the Federal Financing Bank before repurchase of a … Pending
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 under certain conditions affecting their interest rates. Establishes guidelines for interest-bearing insured loans made by the Administrator to electric and telephone borrowers.

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to request in each annual supplemental budget estimate the amount needed to replenish the Fund for anticipated and actual costs resulting from loans made at less than a specified rate during the preceding fiscal year.

Directs the Administrator to guarantee loans to specified borrowers or to accommodate or subordinate liens or mortgages held in the Fund, according to prescribed rules and regulations. Directs the Administration to promulgate such rules and regulations within 90 days after the effective date of this Act.

Prescribes guidelines under which certain lenders are authorized to adjust interest rates on loans guaranteed by the Administrator.

Requires rural electrification borrowers to obtain concurrent supplemental financing according to prescribed guidelines in any fiscal year in which the minimum loan level for insured rural electrification loans is less than $1,000,000,000.

Repeals the loan-making authority of the Governor of the Rural Telephone Bank which require approval by the Secretary of Agriculture of facilities or lines to be acquired with such loans. Eliminates loan restrictions placed upon potential borrowers whose net worth exceed their assets by twenty percent.

What's happening now May 15, 1984

Subcommittee on Agricultural Credit. Hearings held.

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