12 U.S.C. § 2207 – Young, beginning, and small farmers and ranchers

(a) Under policies of the district Farm Credit Bank board, each Federal land bank association and production credit association shall prepare a program for furnishing sound and constructive credit and related services to young, beginning, and small farmers and ranchers. Such programs shall assure that such credit and services are available in coordination with other units of the Farm Credit System serving the territory and with other governmental and private sources of credit. Each program shall be subject to review and approval by the supervising bank.
(b) The Farm Credit Bank for each district shall annually obtain from associations under its supervision reports of activities under programs developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and progress toward program objectives. On the basis of such reports, the bank shall provide to the Farm Credit Administration an annual report summarizing the operations and achievements in its district under such programs.

(Pub. L. 92–181, title IV, § 4.19, as added Pub. L. 96–592, title IV, § 403, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3446; amended Pub. L. 100–399, title IX, § 901(i), (j), Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 1007.)

Amendments 1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–399, § 901(i), inserted “Farm Credit Bank” after “district”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–399, § 901(j)(1), (2), (4), (5), substituted “The Farm Credit Bank for each district” for “The Federal land bank and the Federal intermediate credit bank for each district”, “under its supervision” for “under their supervision”, “the bank shall” for “the banks shall”, “an annual report” for “a joint annual report”, and “achievements in its district” for “achievements in their district”.

Pub. L. 100–399, § 901(j)(3), substituted “subsection (a)” for “subsection (a) of this section”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “subsection (a) of this section”, requiring no change in text.

Effective Date of 1988 Amendment Amendment by Pub. L. 100–399 effective immediately after amendment made by section 401 of Pub. L. 100–233, which was effective 6 months after Jan. 6, 1988, see section 1001(b) of Pub. L. 100–399, set out as a note under section 2002 of this title.