The Secretary, with respect to each program or agency under the jurisdiction of the Secretary—
(A) shall prescribe rules requiring each such program or agency to participate in good faith in any State mediation program certified under section 5101 of this title;
(B) shall participate in mediation programs certified under section 5101 of this title; and
(C) shall—
(i) cooperate in good faith with requests for information or analysis of information made in the course of mediation under any mediation program certified under section 5101 of this title; and
(ii) if applicable, present and explore debt restructuring proposals advanced in the course of such mediation.
The Secretary shall not be bound by any determination made in a program described in section 5101 of this title if the Secretary has not agreed to such determination.
The Farm Credit Administration shall prescribe rules requiring the institutions of the Farm Credit System—
(1) to cooperate in good faith with requests for information or analysis of information made in the course of mediation under any mediation program described in section 5101 of this title; and
(2) to present and explore debt restructuring proposals advanced in the course of such mediation.
(Pub. L. 100–233, title V, §503, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1663; Pub. L. 100–399, title V, §502, Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 1005; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, §282(b), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3234.)
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