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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 essen-
tial community facilities loan and grant programs and 
effective services to rural communities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Building Rural Com-
munities Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES TECHNICAL 
ASSISTANCE AND TRANING. 
Section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
may make grants to public bodies and pri-
vate 
nonprofit 
corporations, 
such 
as 
States, counties, cities, townships, and in-
corporated towns and villages, boroughs, 
authorities, districts and Indian tribes on 
Federal and State reservations which will 
serve rural areas for the purpose of ena-
bling them to provide to associations de-
scribed in paragraph (1) technical assist-
ance and training to— 
‘‘(I) assist communities in identi-
fying and planning for community fa-
cility needs; 
‘‘(II) identify public and private 
resources to finance community facili-
ties needs; 
‘‘(III) prepare reports and sur-
veys necessary to request financial as-
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sistance to develop community facili-
ties; 
‘‘(IV) prepare applications for fi-
nancial assistance; 
‘‘(V) improve the management, 
including financial management, re-
lated to the operation of community 
facilities; or 
‘‘(VI) assist with other areas of 
need identified by the Secretary. 
‘‘(ii) SELECTION
PRIORITY.—In se-
lecting recipients of grants under this sub-
paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority 
to private, nonprofit organizations that 
have experience in providing technical as-
sistance and training to rural entities. 
‘‘(iii) FUNDING.—Not less than 3 nor 
more than 5 percent of any funds appro-
priated to carry out each of the essential 
community facilities loan program author-
ized in paragraph (1) and the essential 
community facilities grant program author-
ized in subparagraph (A) for any fiscal 
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