[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 3256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1512]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Utilities Service
Farm Service Agency
7 CFR Part 2003
Functional Organization of the Rural Development Mission Area;
Correction
AGENCIES: Rural Housing Service; Rural Business-Cooperative Service;
Rural Utilities Service; Farm Service Agency; USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendments.
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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final regulations
which were published Wednesday, December 24, 1997 (62 FR 67258-65). The
regulations provided the function statements for organizational units
within the Rural Development mission area, the Rural Housing Service,
Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and the Rural Utilities Service.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 22, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy J. Ryan, Assistant
Administrator for Human Resources, Rural Development, STOP 0730, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20250-0730; Telephone: (202)
690-9860.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The final regulations that are the subject of these corrections
amend the issuing agencies regulations to reflect the reorganization of
the Department of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture
Reorganization Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-354)(1994 Act), enacted on
October 13, 1994, abolished the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA). The
Office of the Assistant Administrator, Farm Loan Programs, and all of
its subordinate organizational units have been transferred to the Farm
Service Agency (FSA). The remainder of the FmHA organizational units
have been transferred in accordance with the 1994 Act to one of the
following newly created agencies which make up the Rural Development
mission area (Rural Development): the Rural Housing Service, the Rural
Business-Cooperative Service, and the Rural Utilities Service. The
Rural Utilities Service also includes the organizational units of the
former Rural Electrification Administration. The rule only covers the
Rural Development agencies.
Need for Correction
As published, the final regulations contain errors which may cause
inconvenience and confusion for the public.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 2003
Organizations and functions (government agencies).
PART 2003--ORGANIZATION
Accordingly, 7 CFR part 2003 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendments:
1. The authority citation for Part 2003 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 7 U.S.C. 1989, 7
U.S.C. 6941 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 1480 et seq.
Sec. 2003.10 [Corrected]
2. In the table in Sec. 2003.10(c) the location for the USDA Rural
Development State Office in Texas is revised to read ``Temple, TX''.
3. In the table in Sec. 2003.10(c) after the entry for Texas, an
additional State entry is added to read ``Utah'', and an additional
location entry is added to read ``Salt Lake City, UT''.
Dated: January 14, 1998.
Jill Long Thompson,
Under Secretary, Rural Development.
[FR Doc. 98-1512 Filed 1-21-98; 8:45 am]
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