Data / Federal rules / 2024-09446
Update to Methodology and Formulas for Allocation of Loan and Grant Program Funds
The Rural Utilities Service published this final rule in the Federal Register on May 1, 2024. It took effect on May 1, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Housing Service, and Rural Utilities Service (RBCS, RHS, RUS, or collectively referred to as the Agency), of the Rural Development (RD) mission area within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is issuing this final rule to update the data it uses to determine a State's percentage of national nonmetropolitan unemployment income. The Agency is amending two regulations to correct the source for the data and provide transparency on its process of determining state funding allocations for various Agency programs.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-09446
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Rural Housing Service; Rural Business-Cooperative Service; Rural Utilities Service
- Published
- May 1, 2024
- Takes effect
- May 1, 2024
- Dates
- The effective date of this final rule is May 1, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. RUS-24-AGENCY-0004
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 7 CFR 1780; 7 CFR 1940
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Agriculture; Community development; Community facilities; Environmental protection; Flood plains; Grant programs-agriculture; Grant programs-housing and community development; Loan programs-agriculture; Loan programs-housing and community development; Low and moderate income housing; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Rural areas; Waste treatment and disposal; Water supply; Watersheds
- Pages
- 3
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| Removal of Obsolete Regulation 2025-15642 | Final rule | Aug 18, 2025 |
| Accounting Requirements for RUS Electric Borrowers 2025-13489 | Final rule | Jul 18, 2025 |
| Removal of Unconstitutional Preferences Based on Race and Sex in Response to Court Ruling 2025-12877 | Final rule | Jul 10, 2025 |
| OneRD Guaranteed Loan Regulation 2024-28031 | Final rule | Dec 9, 2024 |
| Policy on Audits of RUS Awardees 2024-25914 | Final rule | Nov 8, 2024 |
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