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Calendar No. 819

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2811

To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to make

communities with high levels of out-migration or population loss eligible

for community facilities grants.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 28, 2000

Mr. DASCHLE (for himself, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr.

JOHNSON, and Mrs. LINCOLN) introduced the following bill; which was

read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and

Forestry

SEPTEMBER 21, 2000

Reported by Mr. LUGAR, without amendment

A BILL

To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development

Act to make communities with high levels of out-migration or population loss eligible for community facilities

grants.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. COMMUNITY FACILITIES GRANT PROGRAM FOR

2 RURAL COMMUNITIES WITH HIGH LEVELS OF

3 OUT-MIGRATION OR LOSS OF POPULATION.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 306(a) of the Consoli5 dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.

6 1926(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(20) COMMUNITY FACILITIES GRANT PROGRAM

8 FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES WITH HIGH LEVELS OF

9 OUT-MIGRATION OR LOSS OF POPULATION.—

10 ‘‘(A) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary

11 may make grants to associations, units of gen12 eral local government, nonprofit corporations,

13 and Indian tribes (as defined in section 4 of the

14 Indian Self-Determination and Education As15 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)) in a State to

16 provide the Federal share of the cost of devel17 oping specific essential community facilities in

18 any geographic area—

19 ‘‘(i) that is represented by—

20 ‘‘(I) any political subdivision of a

21 State;

22 ‘‘(II) an Indian tribe on a Fed23 eral or State reservation; or

24 ‘‘(III) other federally recognized

25 Indian tribal group;
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1 ‘‘(ii) that is located in a rural area (as

2 defined in section 381A);

3 ‘‘(iii) with respect to which, during

4 the most recent 5-year period, the net out5 migration of inhabitants, or other popu6 lation loss, from the area equals or exceeds

7 5 percent of the population of the area;

8 and

9 ‘‘(iv) that has a median household in10 come that is less than the nonmetropolitan

11 median household income of the United

12 States.

13 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL SHARE.—Paragraph

14 (19)(B) shall apply to a grant made under this

15 paragraph.

16 ‘‘(C) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA17 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro18 priated to carry out this paragraph

19 $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such

20 sums as are necessary for each subsequent fis21 cal year, of which not more than 5 percent of

22 the amount made available for a fiscal year

23 shall be available for community planning and

24 implementation.’’.
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

2 381E(d)(1)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De3 velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 2009d(d)(1)(B)) is amended by

4 striking ‘‘section 306(a)(19)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph

5 (19) or (20) of section 306(a)’’.

Calendar No. 819

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2811

A BILL

To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to make communities with high levels

of out-migration or population loss eligible forcommunity facilities grants.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2000

Reported without amendment