Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 1.djvu/479

 PUBLIC LAW 95-334—AUG. 4, 1978

92 STAT. 425

a low income, and (6) demonstrate a need to maximize their income from farming or ranching operations. The Secretary is also authorized to make such loans to any farm cooperative or private domestic corporation or partnership that is controlled by farmers and ranchers and engaged primarily and directly in farming or ranching in the United States if all of its members, stockholders, or partners, as applicable, are citizens of the United States and the entity and all such members, stockholders, or partners meet the requirements of clauses (2) through (6) of the preceding sentence. "(b) Each loan made or insured under this section shall l>e repayable in such installments as the Secretary determines will provide for reduced payments during the initial repayment period of the loan and larger payments during the remainder of the repayuient period of the loan.''. ELIGIBILITY FOR OPKRATING LOANS

SEC. 114. Section 311(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act is amended to read as follows: 7 USC 1941. "(a) The Secretary is authorized to make and insure loans under this subtitle to farmers and ranchers in the United States, and to farm cooperatives and private domestic corporations and partnerships that are controlled by farmers and ranchers and engaged primarily and directly in farming or ranching in the United States, subject to the conditions specified in this section. To be eligible for such loans, applicants who are individuals, or, in the case of cooperatives, corporations, and partnerships, members, stockholders, or partners, as applicable, holding a majority interest in such entity, must (1) be citizens of the United States, (2) have either training or farming experience that the Secretary determines is sufficient to assure reasonable prospects of success in the proposed farming operations, (3) be or will become operators of not larger than family farms (or in the case of cooperatives, corporations, and partnerships in which a majority interest is held by members, stockholders, or jjartners, as applicable, who are related by blood or marriage, as defined by the Secretary, such individuals must be or will become either owners or operators of not larger than a family farm and at least one such individual must be or will become an of)erator of not larger than a family farm), and (4) be unable to obtain sufficient credit elsewhere to finance their actual needs at reasonable rates and terms, taking into consideration prevailing private and cooperative rates and terms in the community in or near which the applicant resides for loans for similar purposes and periods of time. In addition to the foregoing requirements of this subsection, in the case of cooperatives, corporations, and paitnerships, the family farm requirement of clause (3) of the preceding sentence shall apply as well to the farm or farms in which the entity has an operator interest and the requirement of clause (4) of the preceding sentence shall apply as well to the entity.". OPERATIXO LOANS FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

SEC. 115. Section 312(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act is amended by striking out "individual". 7 USC 1942.

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