‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—Of the 
cost of any project eligible for a grant under this section, 
not more than— 
‘‘(1) 50 percent may be provided from amounts 
appropriated to carry out this section; 
‘‘(2) in the case of a project to be carried out 
in a county for which a distressed county designa-
tion is in effect under section 14526, 80 percent 
may be provided from amounts appropriated to 
carry out this section; or 
‘‘(3) in the case of a project to be carried out 
in a county for which an at-risk county designation 
is in effect under section 14526, 70 percent may be 
provided from amounts appropriated to carry out 
this section. 
‘‘(c) SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under 
this section may be provided from amounts made available 
to carry out this section in combination with amounts 
made available under other Federal programs or from any 
other source. 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding any provi-
sion of law limiting the Federal share under any other 
Federal program, amounts made available to carry out 
this section may be used to increase that Federal share, 
as the Commission decides is appropriate.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 145 of title 40, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 14507 the 
following: 
‘‘14508. Economic and energy development initiative.’’. 
SEC. 
4. 
DISTRESSED, 
AT-RISK, 
AND 
ECONOMICALLY 
STRONG COUNTIES. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF AT-RISK COUNTIES.—Section 
14526 of title 40, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the section heading by inserting ‘‘, at- 
risk,’’ after ‘‘Distressed’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); 
(B) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) designate as ‘at-risk counties’ those 
counties in the Appalachian region that are 
most at risk of becoming economically dis-
tressed; and’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 145 of such title is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 14526 and inserting the following: 
‘‘14526. Distressed, at-risk, and economically strong counties.’’.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 14703(a) of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts made 
available under section 14501, there is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Appalachian Regional Commission to 
carry out this subtitle (other than section 14508)— 
‘‘(1) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
‘‘(2) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(3) $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
‘‘(4) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(5) $95,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
14703(b) of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) ECONOMIC AND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT INITIA-
TIVE.—In addition to amounts made available under sec-
tion 14501, there is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Commission to carry out section 14508 $12,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011.’’. 
(c) AVAILABILITY.—Section 14703(c) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and by inserting 
‘‘subsections (a) and (b)’’. 
(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 14703 of such 
title is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Funds approved by 
the Commission for a project in a State in the Appa-
lachian region pursuant to congressional direction shall be 
derived from such State’s portion of the Commission’s al-
location of appropriated amounts among the States.’’. 
SEC. 6. TERMINATION. 
Section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
SEC. 7. ADDITIONS TO APPALACHIAN REGION. 
(a) KENTUCKY.—Section 14102(a)(1)(C) of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘Metcalfe,’’ after ‘‘Menifee,’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘Nicholas,’’ after ‘‘Morgan,’’; 
and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘Robertson,’’ after ‘‘Pulaski,’’. 
(b) OHIO.—Section 14102(a)(1)(H) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘Ashtabula,’’ after ‘‘Adams,’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘Fayette,’’ after ‘‘Coshocton,’’; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘Mahoning,’’ after ‘‘Law-
rence,’’; and 
(4) by inserting ‘‘Trumbull,’’ after ‘‘Scioto,’’. 
(c) TENNESSEE.—Section 14102(a)(1)(K) of such 
title is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘Giles,’’ after ‘‘Franklin,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln,’’ 
after ‘‘Knox,’’.
(d) VIRGINIA.—Section 14102(a)(1)(L) of such title 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘Henry,’’ after ‘‘Grayson,’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘Patrick,’’ after ‘‘Mont-
gomery,’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 16, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.