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and fourth places it appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Transportation’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘by the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration under section 
40103(b)(1) of this title’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and inserting 
‘‘Congress, the American Air Navigation Services 
Corporation,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration’’ and inserting 
‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘that the Administrator’’ 
and inserting ‘‘that the Secretary’’. 
(d) TRANSFERS
OF
INSTRUMENT
LANDING
SYS-
TEMS.—Section 44502(e) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘An airport may transfer’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Before the date of transfer (as defined in section 
90101(a)), an airport may transfer’’. 
SEC. 228. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
Section 46110(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘or subsection (l) or (s) of section 114’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (l) or (s) of section 114, or section 
90501’’. 
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A BILL 
To transfer operation of air traffic services currently pro-
vided by the Federal Aviation Administration to a sepa-
rate not-for-profit corporate entity, to reauthorize pro-
grams of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for 
other purposes. 
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SEC. 3110. DEADLINE FOR AGREEMENTS TO FINANCE SALES 
OR TO PROVIDE OTHER ASSISTANCE. 
Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736b) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 3111. NONEMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE. 
Section 412(e) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1736f(e)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘MIN-
IMUM LEVEL OF’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2023’’; 
(3) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$350,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$365,000,000’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) FARMER-TO-FARMER PROGRAM.—In deter-
mining the amount expended for a fiscal year for 
nonemergency food assistance programs under para-
graphs (1) and (2), amounts expended for that year 
to carry out programs under section 501 may be con-
sidered amounts expended for those nonemergency 
food assistance programs. 
‘‘(4) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.—In de-
termining the amount expended for a fiscal year for 
nonemergency food assistance programs under para-
graphs (1) and (2), amounts expended for that year 
from funds appropriated to carry out part I of the
‘‘(b) DISEASES.—A disease specified in this sub-
section is— 
‘‘(1) a disease specified in paragraph (2) of 
subsection (a) of section 1116 of this title that be-
comes manifest as specified in that paragraph; or 
‘‘(2) any additional disease that— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary determines in regula-
tions warrants a presumption of service-connec-
tion by reason of having positive association 
with exposure to an herbicide agent; and 
‘‘(B) becomes manifest within any period 
prescribed in such regulations. 
‘‘(c) HERBICIDE AGENT.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘herbicide agent’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 1821(d) of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1116A, as added by sec-
tion 2, the following new item: 
‘‘1116B. Presumption of herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in 
Korea.’’. 
(c) PENDING CASES.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO STAY.—The Secretary may 
stay a claim described in subparagraph (B) until the 
date on which the Secretary commences the imple-
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SEC. 4111. REQUIREMENT OF LIVE-PRODUCTION ENVIRON-
MENTS FOR CERTAIN PILOT PROJECTS RE-
LATING TO COST SHARING FOR COMPUT-
ERIZATION. 
Section 16(g)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2025(g)(1)) (as amended by section 4110(a)(2)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (F), by redesignating 
clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respec-
tively, and indenting appropriately; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 
(G) as clauses (i) through (vii), respectively, and in-
denting appropriately; 
(3) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so re-
designated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘in the planning’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘in the— 
‘‘(A) planning’’; 
(4) in clause (v) (as so redesignated) of subpara-
graph (A) (as so designated), by striking ‘‘implemen-
tation, including through pilot projects in limited 
areas for major systems changes as determined under 
rules promulgated by the Secretary, data from which’’
47504(c)’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting the following: ‘‘section 47504(c)— 
‘‘(1) $3,597,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
‘‘(2) $3,666,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(3) $3,746,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(4) $3,829,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
‘‘(5) $3,912,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 
‘‘(6) $3,998,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.’’. 
(b) OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2017,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023,’’. 
SEC. 102. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM AIR-
PORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND.—Section 48101(a) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraphs 
(1) through (5) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) $2,920,000,000 for fiscal year 2018. 
‘‘(2) $2,984,000,000 for fiscal year 2019. 
‘‘(3) $3,049,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.’’. 
(b) SET ASIDES.—Section 48101(d) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, carried out using 
amounts appropriated under subsection (a),’’ after ‘‘air 
traffic control modernization project’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE 
FOR VETERANS WHO SERVED IN VICINITY OF 
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM. 
(a) COMPENSATION.—Subsections (a)(1) and (f) of 
section 1116 of title 38, United States Code, are amended 
by inserting ‘‘(including the territorial seas of such Repub-
lic)’’ after ‘‘served in the Republic of Vietnam’’ each place 
it appears. 
(b) HEALTH CARE.—Section 1710(e)(4) of such title 
is amended by inserting ‘‘(including the territorial seas of 
such Republic)’’ after ‘‘served on active duty in the Repub-
lic of Vietnam’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect as of September 
25, 1985. 
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‘‘(1) any insured depository institution subject to 
section 8(e)(7)(A)(i) of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1818(e)(7)(A)(i)); 
‘‘(2) 
any 
institution 
subject 
to 
section 
8(e)(7)(A)(ii) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1818(e)(7)(A)(ii)); 
‘‘(3) any insured credit union under the Federal 
Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 
‘‘(4) any Federal home loan bank; 
‘‘(5) any institution chartered under this Act; 
‘‘(6) any appropriate Federal financial institu-
tions regulatory agency (as defined in section 
8(e)(7)(D) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
U.S.C. 1818(e)(7)(D))); 
‘‘(7) the Federal Housing Finance Agency; or 
‘‘(8) the Farm Credit Administration. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION FOR INSTITUTION-AFFILIATED PARTY 
THAT RECEIVES WRITTEN CONSENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) AFFILIATED PARTIES.—If, on or after 
the date on which an order described in sub-
section (b) is issued that removes or suspends an 
institution-affiliated party from office at a Sys-
tem institution or prohibits an institution-affili-
ated party from participating in the conduct of
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bursement to the applicable participating 
partnership to allow time for the Secretary 
to review the request without interfering 
with the donation and distribution of eligi-
ble milk by the participating partnership. 
‘‘(g) PROHIBITION ON RESALE OF PRODUCTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible distributor that 
receives eligible milk donated under this section may 
not sell the products back into commercial markets. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON FUTURE PARTICIPATION.— 
An eligible distributor that the Secretary determines 
has violated paragraph (1) shall not be eligible for 
any future participation in the program established 
under this section. 
‘‘(h) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall publicize 
opportunities to participate in the program established 
under this section. 
‘‘(i) REVIEWS.—The Secretary shall conduct appro-
priate reviews or audits to ensure the integrity of the pro-
gram established under this section. 
‘‘(j) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this sec-
tion $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, and $5,000,000 for 
each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until ex-
pended.’’.
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stayed from further proceedings for a period of 
up to 45 days at the request of the bridge System 
bank; 
‘‘(H) no agreement which tends to diminish 
or defeat the right, title or interest of a bridge 
System bank in any asset of a System bank in 
default acquired by it shall be valid against the 
bridge System bank unless such agreement— 
‘‘(i) is in writing; 
‘‘(ii) was executed by such System 
bank in default and the person or persons 
claiming an adverse interest thereunder, in-
cluding the obligor, contemporaneously with 
the acquisition of the asset by such System 
bank in default; 
‘‘(iii) was approved by the board of di-
rectors of such System bank in default or its 
loan committee, which approval shall be re-
flected in the minutes of said board or com-
mittee; and 
‘‘(iv) has been, continuously from the 
time of its execution, an official record of 
such System bank in default; 
‘‘(I) notwithstanding subsection 5.61(d)(2), 
any agreement relating to an extension of credit
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between a System bank, Federal Reserve bank, or 
the United States Treasury and any System in-
stitution which was executed before the extension 
of credit by such lender to such System institu-
tion shall be treated as having been executed con-
temporaneously with such extension of credit for 
purposes of subparagraph (H); and 
‘‘(J) except with the prior approval of the 
Corporation and the concurrence of the Farm 
Credit Administration, a bridge System bank 
may not, in any transaction or series of trans-
actions, issue capital stock or be a party to any 
merger, consolidation, disposition of substan-
tially all of the assets or liabilities of the bridge 
System bank, sale or exchange of capital stock, 
or similar transaction, or change its charter. 
‘‘(5) CAPITAL.— 
‘‘(A) NO
CAPITAL
REQUIRED.—The Cor-
poration shall not be required to— 
‘‘(i) issue any capital stock on behalf of 
a bridge System bank chartered under this 
subsection; or 
‘‘(ii) purchase any capital stock of a 
bridge System bank, except that notwith-
standing any other provision of Federal or
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State law, the Corporation may purchase 
and retain capital stock of a bridge System 
bank in such amounts and on such terms as 
the Corporation, in its discretion, deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(B) OPERATING FUNDS IN LIEU OF CAP-
ITAL.—Upon the organization of a bridge Sys-
tem bank, and thereafter, as the Corporation 
may, in its discretion, determine to be necessary 
or advisable, the Corporation may make avail-
able to the bridge System bank, upon such terms 
and conditions and in such form and amounts 
as the Corporation may in its discretion deter-
mine, funds for the operation of the bridge Sys-
tem bank in lieu of capital. 
‘‘(C) 
AUTHORITY
TO
ISSUE
CAPITAL 
STOCK.—Whenever the Farm Credit Administra-
tion Board determines it is advisable to do so, 
the Corporation shall cause capital stock of a 
bridge System bank to be issued and offered for 
sale in such amounts and on such terms and 
conditions as the Corporation may, in its discre-
tion, determine. 
‘‘(6) EMPLOYEE
STATUS.—Representatives for 
purposes of paragraph (1)(C), interim directors, di-
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been rated by the United States Drought Monitor 
as having a D2 (severe drought) or greater inten-
sity for not less than 1 month during the normal 
grazing period established under the livestock 
forage disaster program for the 3 previous con-
secutive years shall be ineligible for harvesting or 
grazing under paragraph (1)(A) for that year. 
‘‘(B) DAMAGE TO VEGETATIVE COVER.—The 
Secretary, in coordination with the applicable 
State technical committee established under sec-
tion 1265(a), may determine for any year that 
harvesting or grazing under paragraph (1)(A) 
shall not be permitted on land subject to a con-
tract under the conservation reserve program in 
a particular county if harvesting or grazing for 
that year would cause long-term damage to the 
vegetative cover on that land. 
‘‘(C) STATE
ACRES
FOR
WILDLIFE
EN-
HANCEMENT.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the State technical committee established 
under section 1261(a) for the applicable State, 
may allow grazing or harvesting in accordance 
with paragraph (1)(A) on land covered by a con-
tract enrolled under the State acres for wildlife 
enhancement program established by the Sec-
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SEC. 6107. WATER SYSTEMS FOR RURAL AND NATIVE VIL-
LAGES IN ALASKA. 
Section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1926d) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Alaska for’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Alaska, a consortium formed pursuant 
to section 325 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public 
Law 105–83; 111 Stat. 1597), and Native villages (as 
defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602)) for’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘for any grant 
awarded under subsection (a)’’ before the period at 
the end; and 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Alaska’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Alaska, and not more than 2 per-
cent of the amount made available under para-
graph (1) for a fiscal year may be used by a con-
sortium formed pursuant to section 325 of the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–83; 
111 Stat. 1597),’’.
is greater than drug tiers for generic drugs or 
preferred brand drugs in the formulary or 
structure; 
‘‘(B) that are prescription drugs; and 
‘‘(C) that are not included within a spe-
cialty drug tier. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘prescription drug’ means— 
‘‘(A) a drug subject to section 503(b)(1) of 
the Federal Food, Drug, or Cosmetic Act; and 
‘‘(B) includes a drug described in subpara-
graph (A) that is a biological product (as de-
fined in section 351(i) of this Act). 
‘‘(5) The term ‘specialty drug tier’ means, with 
respect to a group health plan or health insurance 
issuer offering group or individual health insurance 
coverage that uses a formulary or other tiered cost- 
sharing structure, a category of drugs— 
‘‘(A) within a drug tier in such formulary 
or structure for which beneficiary cost-sharing 
is greater than drug tiers for generic drugs, 
preferred brand drugs, or non-preferred drugs 
in the plan’s formulary; and 
‘‘(B) that are prescription drugs.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 2719B of the Public 
Health Service Act, as added by subsection (a), applies 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Blue Water Navy Viet-
nam Veterans Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE 
FOR VETERANS WHO SERVED IN VICINITY OF 
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1116 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1116A. Presumptions of service connection for vet-
erans who served offshore of the Repub-
lic of Vietnam 
‘‘(a) SERVICE CONNECTION.—For the purposes of 
section 1110 of this title, and subject to section 1113 of 
this title, a disease covered by section 1116 of this title 
becoming manifest as specified in that section in a veteran 
who, during active military, naval, or air service, served 
offshore of the Republic of Vietnam during the period be-
ginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, 
shall be considered to have been incurred in or aggravated 
by such service, notwithstanding that there is no record 
of evidence of such disease during the period of such serv-
ice. 
‘‘(b) EXPOSURE.—A veteran who, during active mili-
tary, naval, or air service, served offshore of the Republic 
of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9,
1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, shall be presumed to 
have been exposed during such service to an herbicide 
agent unless there is affirmative evidence to establish that 
the veteran was not exposed to any such agent during that 
service. 
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF AWARD.—(1) Except as 
provided by paragraph (2), the effective date of an award 
under this section shall be determined in accordance with 
section 5110 of this title. 
‘‘(2)(A) Notwithstanding subsection (g) of section 
5110 of this title, the Secretary shall determine the effec-
tive date of an award based on a claim under this section 
for an individual described in subparagraph (B) by treat-
ing the date on which the individual filed the prior claim 
specified in clause (i) of such subparagraph as the date 
on which the individual filed the claim so awarded under 
this section. 
‘‘(B) An individual described in this subparagraph is 
a veteran, or a survivor of a veteran, who meets the fol-
lowing criteria: 
‘‘(i) The veteran or survivor submitted a claim 
for disability compensation on or after September 
25, 1985, and before January 1, 2019, for a disease 
covered by this section, and the claim was denied by 
reason of the claim not establishing that the disease
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‘‘(B) advanced grazing management.’’; 
(F) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and maintain’’ and 
all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘or improve, manage, 
and maintain resource-conserving crop ro-
tations or advanced grazing management 
for the term of the contract.’’; and 
(G) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—Subject to the re-
striction under subsection (c)(2), an additional pay-
ment provided under paragraph (2) shall be not less 
than 150 percent of the annual payment amount de-
termined by the Secretary under subsection (d)(2).’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) 
as subsections (g) through (j), respectively; 
(5) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 
‘‘(f) PAYMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION 
PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVA-
TION PLAN.—In this subsection, the term ‘comprehen-
sive conservation plan’ means a conservation plan 
that meets or exceeds the stewardship threshold for
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 299 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating 
to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the 
Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2017 
Mr. VALADAO (for himself, Mr. WALZ, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 
ROSS, and Mr. LOBIONDO) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify presump-
tions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who 
served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Blue Water Navy Viet-
nam Veterans Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 7114. EXTENSION AT 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES, IN-
CLUDING TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY; REPORT. 
Section 1444 of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3221) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4); 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) REPORT.—The Secretary shall annually submit 
to Congress a report describing the allocations made to, and 
matching funds received by— 
‘‘(1) eligible institutions under this section; and 
‘‘(2) institutions designated under the Act of 
July 2, 1862 (commonly known as the ‘First Morrill 
Act’) (12 Stat. 503, chapter 130; 7 U.S.C. 301 et 
seq.).’’. 
SEC. 7115. REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AT 1890 
LAND-GRANT 
COLLEGES, 
INCLUDING 
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY. 
Section 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3222) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) REPORT.—The Secretary shall annually submit 
to Congress a report describing the allocations made to, and 
matching funds received by— 
‘‘(1) eligible institutions under this section; and
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(2) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$20,000,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2009 through 2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2019 through 2023’’. 
SEC. 6122. HEALTH CARE SERVICES. 
Section 379G(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008u(e)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 6123. STRATEGIC ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVEL-
OPMENT. 
Section 379H of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 2008v) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘SEC. 379H. STRATEGIC ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DE-
VELOPMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any program under 
this title or administered by the Secretary, acting through 
the rural development mission area, as determined by the 
Secretary (referred to in this section as a ‘covered pro-
gram’), the Secretary shall give priority to an application 
for a project that, as determined and approved by the Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(1) meets the applicable eligibility requirements 
of this title or the other applicable authorizing law;