Rural Electrification Administration

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New Deal agency United States federal agency

The Rural Electrification Administration was a New Deal-era U.S. government agency that financed and promoted the extension of electric power to rural and farm areas across the country.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Rural Electrification Administration canonical	8
Rural Electrification Act of 1936	1
Rural Electrification Administration loan program	1
Rural Electrification Administration—Establishment	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal agency ⓘ United States federal agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1994 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	infrastructure development ⓘ public utilities ⓘ
financingMethod	federal loans ⓘ long-term low-interest credit ⓘ
foundedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
hasActivity	construction of transmission and distribution lines ⓘ financing electric distribution systems ⓘ promoting rural electric cooperatives ⓘ providing low-interest loans ⓘ technical assistance for rural electrification ⓘ
hasEffect	expansion of rural electric cooperatives ⓘ increased percentage of electrified farms in the United States ⓘ modernization of rural agriculture ⓘ reduction of urban-rural infrastructure gap ⓘ
hasPurpose	extension of electric power to farms ⓘ extension of electric power to rural areas ⓘ improvement of rural living standards ⓘ rural electrification ⓘ support of agricultural productivity ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Great Depression ⓘ New Deal ⓘ surface form: New Deal era
inception	1935 ⓘ May 11, 1935 ⓘ
legalBasis	Executive Order 7037 ⓘ Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
mainBeneficiary	farmers ⓘ rural communities ⓘ rural households ⓘ
namedAfter	rural electrification ⓘ
notableAchievement	electrification of most U.S. farms by the mid-20th century ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
partOf	New Deal ⓘ United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
replacedBy	Rural Utilities Service ⓘ
sector	electric power ⓘ rural development ⓘ
significantProject	development of rural electric cooperatives in the United States ⓘ nationwide expansion of rural power distribution networks ⓘ
usedFor	construction of rural electric lines ⓘ construction of rural substations ⓘ electrification of farms ⓘ electrification of small rural towns ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

74th United States Congress → passed → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rural Electrification Act of 1936

Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 → authorizedProgram → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ

Rural Utilities Service → replaced → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ

Executive Order 7037 → authorizedCreationOf → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ

Executive Order 7037 → establishedAgency → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ

Executive Order 7037 → implementedBy → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ

Executive Order 7037 → subjectHeading → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rural Electrification Administration—Establishment

Rural Electrification Act of 1936 → createdAgency → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ

Rural Electrification Act of 1936 → administeredBy → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ

Rural Electrification Act of 1936 → relatedProgram → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rural Electrification Administration loan program

RUS → predecessor → Rural Electrification Administration ⓘ

subject surface form: Rural Utilities Service