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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4196
To ensure that all timber-dependent communities qualify for loans and grants
from the Rural Development Administration.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 13, 1994
Mr. DICKS (for himself, Mrs. UNSOELD, Mr. SWIFT, and Mr. INSLEE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture
A BILL
To ensure that all timber-dependent communities qualify for
loans and grants from the Rural Development Adminis-
tration.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) timber-dependent communities including
those in the Pacific Northwest have contributed sig-
nificantly to the economic needs of the United
States, and have helped ensure an adequate national
supply of timber and timber products;
(2) a significant portion of the timber tradition-
ally harvested in the United States, including the
Pacific Northwest, derived from Federal forest
lands, and these forests have played an important
role in sustaining local economies;
(3) a number of traditionally timber-dependent
communities are experiencing significant economic
difficulties, particularly those located in proximity to
the range of the northern Spotted Owl; and
(4) timber-dependent communities need eco-
nomic assistance to help them diversify, including
support from water and waste facility loans and
grants and community facilities loans and grants
funded through the Rural Development Administra-
tion.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF TIMBER-DEPENDENT COMMU-
NITIES FOR CERTAIN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
GRANTS.
Section 306(a)(7) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(7)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(7)(A) As used in this title, the terms ‘rural’ and
‘rural area’ shall not include any area in any city or town
which has a population in excess of 10,000 inhabitants,
except as otherwise provided in this paragraph.
‘‘(B) For purposes of loans for essential community
facilities under subsection (a)(1), the terms ‘rural’ and
‘rural area’ may include any area in any city or town that
has a population not in excess of 20,000 inhabitants.
‘‘(C) For purposes of loans and grants for private
business enterprises under sections 304(b) and 310B, and
subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 312, the terms
‘rural’ and ‘rural area’ may include all territory of a State
that is not within the outer boundary of any city having
a population of 50,000 or more inhabitants and its imme-
diately adjacent urbanized and urbanizing areas with a
population density of more than 100 inhabitants per
square mile, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture
according to the latest decennial census of the United
States, and special consideration for such loans and grants
shall be given to areas other than cities having a popu-
lation of more than 25,000 inhabitants.
‘‘(D) As used in this title, the terms ‘rural’ and rural
area’ shall include any town, city, or municipality—
‘‘(i) part or all of which lies within 100 miles
of the boundary of a national forest;
‘‘(ii) that is located in a county in which at
least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary
labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry,
wood products, or forest-related industries such as
recreation and tourism; and
‘‘(iii) that has a population of not more than
25,000 inhabitants.’’.
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