{"abstract":"In fiscal year 2001, Congress provided funding to establish a Treasury rate direct loan program to address the backlog of qualified loan applications for insured municipal rate electric loans from RUS. RUS administered the Treasury rate loan program in a manner substantially the same as it administered the municipal rate program under a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) published in the Federal Register at 65 FR 80830 on December 22, 2000. Title III of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 authorizes a direct Treasury rate electric loan program of $750 million for FY 2002. RUS is amending its regulations to establish rules and regulations to administer the Treasury rate direct loan program.","action":"Direct final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Rural Utilities Service","name":"Rural Utilities Service","id":460,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/rural-utilities-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/460","parent_id":12,"slug":"rural-utilities-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2001/12/26/01-31574.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1710,"title":7}],"citation":"66 FR 66293","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This rule is effective February 11, 2002 unless we receive written adverse comments or written notice of intent to submit adverse comments on or before January 25, 2002. If we receive such comments or notice, we will publish a timely document in the Federal Register withdrawing the direct final rule. Comments received will be considered under the proposed rule published in this edition of the Federal Register in the proposed rule section. A second public comment period will not be held. Parties interested in commenting on this action should do so at this time.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"01-31574","effective_on":"2002-02-11","end_page":66295,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2001/12/26/01-31574.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/12/26/01-31574/treasury-rate-direct-loan-program","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/01-31574?publication_date=2001-12-26","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2001-12-26/01-31574/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":182,"last_updated":"2026-07-26 12:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2001-12-26/pdf/01-31574.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2001-12-26","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2001/12/26/01-31574.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0572-AB71":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0572-AB71"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-12T06:01:56Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":66293,"subtype":null,"title":"Treasury Rate Direct Loan Program","toc_doc":"Treasury rate direct loan program","toc_subject":"Electric loans:","topics":["Electric power","Electric utilities","Loan programs-energy","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Rural areas"],"type":"Rule","volume":66}