[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 106 (Friday, June 2, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-11724]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

7 CFR Part 1735

[Docket No. RUS-20-TELECOM-0044]
RIN 0572-AA48


Implementation of Telecommunications Provisions of the 
Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018; Correction

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: On September 10, 2021, Rural Development's Rural Utilities 
Service (hereinafter referred to as ``the Agency'') published a 
document that completed modifications to existing program regulations 
to implement statutory provisions of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018 (2018 Farm Bill). Following the final implementation of the final 
rule, the Agency found that an amendment was necessary to clarify the 
meaning of a sentence. This document clarifies the final rule.

DATES: Effective June 2, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information specific to this 
document contact Laurel Leverrier, Assistant Administrator 
Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA), email: [email protected], telephone: (202) 
720-9556.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rural Utilities Service is issuing a 
correcting amendment to provide clarification to the final rule that 
published September 10, 2021, at 86 FR 50604. In that rule, the wording 
of Sec.  1735.23(a) was not clear. This clarifying amendment provides 
for clear information for readers.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1735

    Loan programs--communications, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Rural areas, Telephone.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Rural Utilities Service 
corrects 7 CFR part 1735 by making the following correcting amendment:

PART 1735--GENERAL POLICIES, TYPES OF LOANS, LOAN REQUIREMENTS--
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM

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1. The authority citation for part 1735 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 1921 et seq., and 6941 et seq.


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2. Amend Sec.  1735.23 by revising the introductory text of paragraph 
(a) to read as follows:


Sec.  1735.23  Public notice.

    (a) For applications which request funding in which the applicant 
will provide retail broadband service, the Agency's mapping tool will 
include the following information from each application, and be 
displayed for the public:
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Andrew Berke,
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 2023-11724 Filed 6-1-23; 8:45 am]
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