U.S. CODE

U.S. Code

§ 1279g. Direct loan obligations for fisheries financing and capacity reduction

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, all obligations involving any fishing vessel, fishery facility, aquaculture facility, individual fishing quota, or fishing capacity reduction program issued under this subchapter after October 11, 1996, shall be direct loan obligations, for which the Secretary shall be the obligee, rather than obligations issued to obligees other than the Secretary and guaranteed by the Secretary. All direct loan obligations under this section shall be treated in the same manner and to the same extent as obligations guaranteed under this subchapter except with respect to provisions of this subchapter which by their nature can only be applied to obligations guaranteed under this subchapter.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subchapter, the annual rate of interest which obligors shall pay on direct loan obligations under this section shall be fixed at two percent of the principal amount of such obligations outstanding plus such additional percent as the Secretary shall be obligated to pay as the interest cost of borrowing from the United States Treasury the funds with which to make such direct loans.

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