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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "7 U.S.C. § 926"
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description: "Certain rural development investments by qualified telephone borrowers not treated as dividends or distributions"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 7
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title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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chapter_number: "31"
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chapter_name: "RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE"
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section: "926"
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citation: "7 U.S.C. § 926"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 926 - Certain rural development investments by qualified telephone borrowers not treated as dividends or distributions
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## Text
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(a) In general The Secretary shall not—
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(1) treat any amount invested by any qualified telephone borrower for any purpose described in section 2204b(c)(2) of this title (including any investment in, or extension of credit, guarantee, or advance made to, an affiliated company of the borrower, that is used by such company for such a purpose) as a dividend or distribution of capital to the extent that, immediately after such investment, the aggregate of such investments does not exceed ⅓ of the net worth of the borrower; or
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(2) require a qualified telephone borrower to obtain the approval of the Secretary in order to make an investment described in paragraph (1).
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(b) “Qualified telephone borrower” defined As used in subsection (a), the term “qualified telephone borrower” means a person—
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(1) to whom a telephone loan has been made or guaranteed under this chapter; and
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(2) whose net worth is at least 20 percent of the total assets of such person.
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(May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title II, § 205, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2356, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4039; amended Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 235(a)(13), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3221; Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6602(b)(3), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4776.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–334, § 6602(b)(3)(A), struck out “and the Governor of the telephone bank” after “The Secretary” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 115–334, § 6602(b)(3)(B), struck out “or the Governor of the telephone bank” after “the Secretary”. 1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–354 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator” in two places.
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