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G~o       United States
         G General Accounting Office
         Washington, D.C. 20548

         Accounting and Information
         Management Division

         B-270511


         November 16, 1995

         To the President of the Senate and the
         Speaker of the House of Representatives


         Section 408(b)(3)(I) of the Rural Electrification Act of
           1936, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
           1987 (Public Law 100-203), requires us to annually review the
           interest rate charged to borrowers, referred to as the cost
           of money ratej as determined by the Governor of the Rural
           Telephone Bank (RTB) for the preceding fiscal year. We are
           to report to the Congress on the accuracy of this interest
           rate determination within 15 days of receiving it. In
           addition, dub to the passage of the Federal Credit Reform Act
           of 1990, RTB must calculate a second cost of money rate. In
           accordance With Public Law 100-203 and the Federal Credit
           Reform Aqt bf 1990, RTB now calculates the following two
           rates: (1) the interest rate used for advances made during
           fiscal ypae 1995 on loans approved prior to fiscal year 1992
           (referred to as loans from the liquidating account) and
           (2) the interest rate used for advances made during fiscal
           year 199$ on loans approved during or after fiscal year 1992
           (referrej to as loans from the financing account).

           On Novemler 3, 1995, we received RTB'S rate determinations
           which established RTB's fiscal year 1995 cost of money rates
           at 6.04 percent and 6.88 percent for advances from the
           liquidati.ng account and financing account, respectively. We
           traced the dollar amounts and rates used in calculating the
           cost of money rates to summary financial records provided by
           RTB and recomputed each cost of money rate calculation. We
           reviewed these rate determinations and found them to be
           consistent with the provisions of section 1411 (c) of the
           Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 ano 7 CFR Part
           1610.

           Enclosed is a copy of RTB's interest rates notice along with
           additional details of its calculations of the rates to be
           applied to advances made during fiscal year 1995.


GAO/AIMD-96-18

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