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7 U.S.C. 921: Congressional declaration of policyText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 31-RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE

§921. Congressional declaration of policy

It is declared to be the policy of the Congress that adequate telephone service be made generally available in rural areas through the improvement and expansion of existing telephone facilities and the construction and operation of such additional facilities as are required to assure the availability of adequate telephone service to the widest practicable number of rural users of such service.

( Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 776, § 1 , 63 Stat. 948 .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section is composed of the first sentence of section 1 of act Oct. 28, 1949. The second sentence of section 1 of that act, which provided that:

“In order to effectuate this policy, the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 [this chapter] is amended as hereinafter provided”

Section was not enacted as part of title II of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 which comprises subchapter II of this chapter.