7 CFR 2018.251

§ 2018.251 General statement.

United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective

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Citation: 7 CFR 2018.251, § 2018.251 General statement, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/29489
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In keeping with the spirit of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the policy of Rural Development and its component agencies, Rural Housing Service (RHS), Rural Utilities Service (RUS), and Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), governing access to information is one of nearly total availability, limited only by the countervailing policies recognized by the FOIA.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.