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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1632 

To ensure that the Federal government is able to receive the maximum 

return on its investment in the rural essential community facilities loan 

and grant programs and effective services to rural communities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 18, 2013 

Mr. SOUTHERLAND (for himself, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. ENYART, Mr. YOUNG

of Alaska, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. 

RIBBLE, and Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 

A BILL 

To ensure that the Federal government is able to receive 

the maximum return on its investment in the rural essential community facilities loan and grant programs and 

effective services to rural communities. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Building Rural Com5 munities Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES TECHNICAL 

2 ASSISTANCE AND TRANING. 

3 Section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and 

4 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)) is amend5 ed by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(D) ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES

7 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

9 may make grants to public bodies and pri10 vate nonprofit corporations, such as 

11 States, counties, cities, townships, and in12 corporated towns and villages, boroughs, 

13 authorities, districts and Indian tribes on 

14 Federal and State reservations which will 

15 serve rural areas for the purpose of ena16 bling them to provide to associations de17 scribed in paragraph (1) technical assist18 ance and training to— 

19 ‘‘(I) assist communities in identi20 fying and planning for community fa21 cility needs; 

22 ‘‘(II) identify public and private 

23 resources to finance community facili24 ties needs; 

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1 sistance to develop community facili2 ties; 

3 ‘‘(IV) prepare applications for fi4 nancial assistance; 

5 ‘‘(V) improve the management, 

6 including financial management, re7 lated to the operation of community 

8 facilities; or 

9 ‘‘(VI) assist with other areas of 

10 need identified by the Secretary. 

11 ‘‘(ii) SELECTION PRIORITY.—In se12 lecting recipients of grants under this sub13 paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority 

14 to private, nonprofit organizations that 

15 have experience in providing technical as16 sistance and training to rural entities. 

17 ‘‘(iii) FUNDING.—Not less than 3 nor 

18 more than 5 percent of any funds appro19 priated to carry out each of the essential 

20 community facilities loan program author21 ized in paragraph (1) and the essential 

22 community facilities grant program author23 ized in subparagraph (A) for any fiscal 


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1 year shall be reserved for grants under this 

2 subparagraph.’’. 

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