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(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) that is a loan or interest in a loan for 
electric or telephone facilities by a cooperative 
lender to a borrower who has received or is eli-
gible to receive a loan under the Rural Elec-
trification Act (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), except 
that— 
‘‘(i) subsections (c) and (d) of section 
8.6, and sections 8.8 and 8.9 shall not 
apply to the loan or interest in the loan or 
to an obligation backed by a pool of obliga-
tions relating to the loan or interest in the 
loan; and 
‘‘(ii) the loan or interest in the loan 
shall be considered to meet all standards 
for qualified loans for all purposes under 
this Act, subject to reasonable under-
writing, security appraisal, and repayment 
standards established by the Corpora-
tion.’’. 
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SEC. 5033. FARM CREDIT SYSTEM INSURANCE CORPORA-
TION. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO PASS ALONG COST OF INSUR-
ANCE PREMIUMS.—Section 1.12(b) of the Farm Credit 
Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2020(b)) is amended by striking 
the last sentence and inserting ‘‘The assessment on any 
such association or other financing institution for any pe-
riod shall be computed in an equitable manner.’’. 
(b) PREMIUMS; AMOUNT IN FUND NOT EXCEEDING 
SECURE BASE AMOUNT.—Section 5.55(a) of such Act (12 
U.S.C. 2277a–4(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘(2), the annual’’ and inserting 
‘‘(3), the’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraphs (A) through 
(D) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the average outstanding insured obli-
gations issued by the bank for the calendar 
year, after deducting therefrom the percentages 
of the guaranteed portions of loans and invest-
ments described in paragraph (2), multiplied by 
0.0020; 
‘‘(B) the average principal outstanding for 
the calendar year on loans made by the bank 
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that are in nonaccrual status, multiplied by 
0.0010; and 
‘‘(C) the average amount outstanding for 
the calendar year of other-than-temporarily im-
paired investments made by the bank, multi-
plied by 0.0010.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘annual’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘As used’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘that’’ and inserting ‘‘As used 
in this section, the term ‘government-guaranteed’ 
when applied to loans or investments, means loans, 
credits, or investments, or portions of loans, credits, 
or investments, that’’; and 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively, and inserting 
after paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(2) 
DEDUCTIONS
FROM
AVERAGE
OUT-
STANDING
INSURED
OBLIGATIONS.—The average 
outstanding insured obligations issued by the bank 
for the calendar year referred to in subsection 
(a)(1)(A) of this section shall be reduced by deduct-
ing therefrom the sum of— 
‘‘(A) 90 percent of the sum of— 
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‘‘(i) the average principal outstanding 
for such calendar year on the guaranteed 
portions of Federal government-guaranteed 
loans made by the bank that are in accrual 
status; and 
‘‘(ii) the average amount outstanding 
for the calendar year of the guaranteed 
portions of Federal government-guaranteed 
investments made by the bank that are not 
permanently impaired, as determined by 
the Corporation; and 
‘‘(B) 80 percent of the sum of— 
‘‘(i) the average principal outstanding 
for the calendar year on the guaranteed 
portions of State government-guaranteed 
loans made by the bank that are in accrual 
status; and 
‘‘(ii) the average amount outstanding 
for the calendar year of the guaranteed 
portions of State government-guaranteed 
investments made by the bank that are not 
permanently impaired, as determined by 
the Corporation.’’. 
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(c) PREMIUMS; AMOUNT IN FUND EXCEEDING SE-
CURE BASE AMOUNT.—Section 5.55(b) of such Act (12 
U.S.C. 2277a–4(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘annual’’. 
(d) SECURE BASE AMOUNT.—Section 5.55(c) of such 
Act (12 U.S.C. 2277a–4(c)) is amended by striking the 
parenthetical phrase and inserting ‘‘(adjusted downward 
to exclude an amount equal to the sum of: (1) 90 percent 
of: (A) the guaranteed portions of principal outstanding 
on Federal government-guaranteed loans in accrual status 
made by the banks; and (B) the guaranteed portions of 
the amount of Federal government-guaranteed invest-
ments made by the banks that are not permanently im-
paired; and (2) 80 percent of: (A) the guaranteed portions 
of principal outstanding on State government-guaranteed 
loans in accrual status made by the banks; and (B) the 
guaranteed portions of the amount of State government- 
guaranteed investments made by the banks that are not 
permanently impaired, as determined by the Corpora-
tion)’’. 
(e) DETERMINATION
OF LOAN
AND INVESTMENT 
AMOUNTS.—Section 5.55(d) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2277a–4(d)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘PRINCIPAL OUTSTANDING’’ and inserting ‘‘LOAN 
AND INVESTMENT AMOUNTS’’; 
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(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘For’’ and all that follows through ‘‘—’’ 
and inserting ‘‘For the purpose of subsections (a) 
and (c) of this section, the principal outstanding on 
all loans made by an insured System bank or the 
amount outstanding on all investments made by an 
insured System bank shall be determined based on 
all loans or investments made—’’; and 
(3) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), by in-
serting ‘‘or investments’’ before ‘‘because’’. 
(f) ALLOCATION TO SYSTEM INSTITUTIONS OF EX-
CESS RESERVES.—Section 5.55(e) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 
2277a–4(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the average 
secure base amount for the calendar year (as cal-
culated on an average daily balance basis)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the secure base amount’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking subparagraph 
(B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) there shall be credited to the Allo-
cated Insurance Reserves Account of each in-
sured System bank an amount that bears the 
same ratio to the total amount (less any 
amount credited under subparagraph (A) of 
this paragraph) as the average principal out-
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standing for the calendar year on insured obli-
gations issued by the bank (after deducting 
therefrom the percentages of the guaranteed 
portions of loans and investments described in 
subsection (a)(2) of this section), bears to the 
average principal outstanding for the calendar 
year on insured obligations issued by all insured 
System banks (after deducting therefrom the 
percentages of the guaranteed portions of loans 
and investments so described).’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘beginning’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘2005’’; 
(ii) by striking clause (i) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(i) subject to subparagraph (D), pay 
to each insured System bank, in a manner 
determined by the Corporation, an amount 
equal to the balance in its Allocated Insur-
ance Reserves Account; and’’; and 
(iii) in clause (ii)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘(C), (E), and 
(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C) and (E)’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘outstanding,’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘at 
the time of the termination of the Fi-
nancial Assistance Corporation, of the 
balance in the Allocated Insurance 
Reserves Account established under 
subparagraph (1)(B).’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘(in addi-
tion to the amounts described in subpara-
graph (F)(ii))’’; and 
(ii) by striking clause (ii) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(ii) TERMINATION
OF
ACCOUNT.— 
On disbursement of $56,000,000, the Cor-
poration shall close the Account established 
under paragraph (1)(B) and transfer any 
remaining funds in the Account to the re-
maining Allocated Insurance Reserves Ac-
counts in accordance with paragraph 
(4)(B) for the calendar year in which the 
transfer occurs.’’; and 
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(C) by striking subparagraph (F). 
(g) CERTIFICATION OF PREMIUMS.— 
(1) FILING
CERTIFIED
STATEMENT.—Section 
5.56(a) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2277a–5(a)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) FILING CERTIFIED STATEMENT.—On a date to 
be determined in the sole discretion of the Corporation’s 
Board of Directors, each insured System bank that be-
came insured before the beginning of the period for which 
premiums are being assessed (in this section referred to 
as the ‘period’) shall file with the Corporation a certified 
statement showing— 
‘‘(1) the average outstanding insured obliga-
tions for the period issued by the bank; 
‘‘(2) the average principal outstanding for the 
period on the guaranteed portion of Federal govern-
ment-guaranteed loans that are in accrual status 
and the average amount outstanding for the period 
of Federal government-guaranteed investments that 
are not permanently impaired (as defined in section 
5.55(a)(4)); 
‘‘(3) the average principal outstanding for the 
period on State government-guaranteed loans that 
are in accrual status and the average amount out-
standing for the period of State government-guaran-
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teed investments that are not permanently impaired 
(as defined in section 5.55(a)(4)); 
‘‘(4) the average principal outstanding for the 
period on loans that are in nonaccrual status and 
the average amount outstanding for the period of 
other-than-temporarily impaired investments; and 
‘‘(5) the amount of the premium due the Cor-
poration from the bank for the period.’’. 
(2) PREMIUM PAYMENTS.—Section 5.56(c) of 
such Act (12 U.S.C. 2277a–5(c)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(c) PREMIUM PAYMENTS.—Each insured System 
bank shall pay to the Corporation the premium payments 
required under subsection (a), not more frequently than 
once in each calendar quarter, in such manner and at such 
time or times as the Board of Directors shall prescribe, 
except that the amount of the premium shall be estab-
lished not later than 60 days after filing the certified 
statement setting forth the amount of the premium.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 5.56 
of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2277a–5) is amended by 
striking subsection (d) and redesignating subsection 
(e) as subsection (d). 
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(h) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—Section 5.58(10) of 
such Act (12 U.S.C. 2277a–7(10)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘and section 1.12(b)’’ after ‘‘part’’. 
SEC. 5034. RISK-BASED CAPITAL LEVELS. 
Section 8.32(a)(1) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 
(12 U.S.C. 2279bb–1(a)(1)) is amended by striking all 
through ‘‘a pool of’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) CREDIT RISK.— 
‘‘(A) With respect to securities rep-
resenting an interest in, or obligations backed 
by, a pool of qualified loans (as defined in sec-
tion 8.0(9)(C)), owned or guaranteed by the 
Corporation, losses occur at a rate of default 
and severity reasonably related to risks in elec-
tric and telephone facility loans, respectively, as 
determined by the Director. 
‘‘(B) With respect to securities rep-
resenting an interest in, or obligations backed 
by, a pool of other’’. 
TITLE VI—RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
Sec. 6001. Definition of rural. 
Sec. 6002. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants. 
Sec. 6003. Rural business opportunity grants. 
Sec. 6004. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program. 
Sec. 6005. Tribal college and university essential community facilities. 
Sec. 6006.
Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant pro-
gram. 
Sec. 6007. Water systems for rural and native villages in Alaska. 
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Sec. 6008. Grants to nonprofit organizations to finance the construction, refur-
bishing, and servicing of individually-owned household water 
well systems in rural areas for individuals with low or moderate 
incomes. 
Sec. 6009. Rural cooperative development grants. 
Sec. 6010. Criteria to be applied in
providing loans and loan guarantees 
under the business and industry loan program. 
Sec. 6011. Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program. 
Sec. 6012. Grants to improve technical infrastructure and improve quality of 
rural health care facilities. 
Sec. 6013. Rural entrepreneur and microenterprise assistance program. 
Sec. 6014. Criteria to be applied in considering applications for rural develop-
ment projects. 
Sec. 6015. National sheep industry improvement center. 
Sec. 6016. National rural development partnership. 
Sec. 6017. Historic barn preservation. 
Sec. 6018. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters. 
Sec. 6019. Delta regional authority. 
Sec. 6020. Northern great plains regional authority. 
Sec. 6021. Rural strategic investment program. 
Sec. 6022. Expansion of 911 access. 
Sec. 6023. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. 
Sec. 6024. Community connect grant program. 
Sec. 6025. Agriculture innovation center demonstration program. 
Sec. 6026. Rural firefighters and emergency medical service assistance pro-
gram. 
Sec. 6027. Value-added agricultural market development program. 
Sec. 6028. Assistance for rural public television stations. 
Sec. 6029. Telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas. 
Sec. 6030. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or tele-
phone purposes. 
Sec. 6031. Comprehensive rural broadband strategy. 
Sec. 6032. Study of railroad issues. 
SEC. 6001. DEFINITION OF RURAL. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall pre-
pare and submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report 
that— 
(1) assesses the varying definitions of ‘‘rural’’ 
used by the Department of Agriculture; 
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(2) describes the effects those varying defini-
tions have on the programs administered by the De-
partment of Agriculture; and 
(3) makes recommendations for ways to better 
target funds provided through rural development 
programs. 
SEC. 6002. WATER, WASTE DISPOSAL, AND WASTEWATER 
FACILITY GRANTS. 
Section 306(a)(2)(B)(vii) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(2)(B)(vii)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2002 through 2007’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2008 through 2012’’. 
SEC. 6003. RURAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY GRANTS. 
Section 306(a)(11)(D) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)(D)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 6004. RURAL WATER AND WASTEWATER CIRCUIT 
RIDER PROGRAM. 
Section 306(a)(22)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(22)(C)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2003’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2008’’. 
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SEC. 6005. TRIBAL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ESSENTIAL 
COMMUNITY FACILITIES. 
Section 306(a)(25) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(25)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) FEDERAL
SHARE.—The Secretary 
shall establish the maximum percentage of the 
cost of the facility that may be covered by a 
grant under this paragraph, except that the 
Secretary may not require non-Federal financial 
support in an amount that is greater than 5 
percent of the total cost.’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘2003 
through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 through 2012’’. 
SEC. 
6006. 
EMERGENCY 
AND 
IMMINENT 
COMMUNITY 
WATER ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926a(i)(2)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2003 through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 
through 2012’’. 
SEC. 6007. WATER SYSTEMS FOR RURAL AND NATIVE VIL-
LAGES IN ALASKA. 
Section 306D(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926d(d)(1)) is amend-
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ed by striking ‘‘2001 through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 
through 2012’’. 
SEC. 6008. GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO FI-
NANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, REFURBISHING, 
AND SERVICING OF INDIVIDUALLY-OWNED 
HOUSEHOLD 
WATER 
WELL 
SYSTEMS 
IN 
RURAL AREAS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW 
OR MODERATE INCOMES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
306E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 1926e(d)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2003 through 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008 through 
2012’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL PRIORITY IN AWARDING GRANTS.— 
Section 306E(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1926e(c)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, and to an applicant that has sub-
stantial expertise and experience in promoting the safe 
and productive use of individually-owned household water 
well systems and ground water. The ability of an applicant 
to provide matching funds shall not be taken into account 
in determining any priority in awarding grants under this 
section. The payment by a grantee of audit fees, business 
insurance, salary, wages, employee benefits, printing costs, 
postage costs, and legal fees associated with providing the 
assistance described in paragraph (1) shall be considered 
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the provision of matching funds by the grantee for pur-
poses of this section’’ before the period. 
SEC. 6009. RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Section 310B(e)(5) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(e)(5)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a nation-
ally coordinated, regionally or State-wide operated 
project’’ and inserting ‘‘activities to promote and as-
sist the development of cooperatively and mutually 
owned businesses’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘to pro-
mote and assist the development of cooperatively 
and mutually owned businesses’’ before the semi-
colon; 
(3) by striking subparagraph (D) and redesig-
nating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D); 
(4) inserting after subparagraph (D) (as so re-
designated): 
‘‘(E) demonstrate a commitment to— 
‘‘(i) networking with and sharing the 
results of its efforts with other cooperative 
development centers and other organiza-
tions involved in rural economic develop-
ment efforts; and 
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‘‘(ii) 
developing 
multi-organization 
and multi-State approaches to addressing 
the cooperative and economic development 
needs of rural areas.’’; and 
(5) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘greater 
than’’ the 1st place it appears. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO AWARD MULTI-YEAR GRANTS.— 
Section 310(B)(e)(6) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(e)(6)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) Grants awarded to centers that have re-
ceived no prior funding under this subsection shall 
be made for a period of 1 year. The Secretary shall 
evaluate programs receiving assistance under this 
subsection. The Secretary may award grants for a 
period of more than 1 year, but not more than 3 
years, to centers that have successfully met the cri-
teria under paragraph (5).’’. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO EXTEND GRANT PERIOD FOR 1 
YEAR.—Section 310B(e) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(e)) 
is amended by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (9) 
as paragraphs (8) through (10), respectively, and insert-
ing after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) The Secretary may extend for only 1 addi-
tional 12-month period the period in which a grantee 
may use a grant made under this subsection.’’. 
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(d) COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.—Section 
310B(e) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(e)), as amended by 
subsection (c) of this section, is amended by redesignating 
paragraphs (9) and (10) as paragraphs (10) and (11), re-
spectively, and inserting after paragraph (9) the following: 
‘‘(10) The Secretary shall enter into a coopera-
tive research agreement with 1 or more qualified 
academic institutions in each fiscal year to conduct 
research on the national economic effects of all types 
of cooperatives.’’. 
(e) ADDRESSING NEEDS
OF MINORITY COMMU-
NITIES.—Section 310B(e) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(e)), 
as amended by subsections (c) and (d) of this section, is 
amended by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph 
(12) and inserting after paragraph (10) the following: 
‘‘(11)(A) If the total amount appropriated 
under paragraph (12) of this subsection for a fiscal 
year exceeds $7,500,000, the Secretary shall reserve 
an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount so ap-
propriated for grants for cooperative development 
centers, individual cooperatives, or groups of co-
operatives, serving socially disadvantaged (within the 
meaning of section 355(e)) communities, a majority 
of the boards of directors or governing boards of 
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which are comprised of socially disadvantaged 
(withing such meaning) individuals. 
‘‘(B) To the extent that the Secretary deter-
mines that funds reserved under subparagraph (A) 
will not be used for grants described in subpara-
graph (A) because of insufficient applications for the 
grants, the Secretary shall use the funds as other-
wise authorized by this subsection.’’. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
310B(e)(12) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(e)(12)), as so 
redesignated by subsections (c) through (e) of this section, 
is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 6010. CRITERIA TO BE APPLIED IN
PROVIDING 
LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES UNDER THE 
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LOAN PROGRAM. 
Section 310B(g) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(9)(A) In providing loans and loan guarantees under 
this section, the Secretary shall consider an application 
more favorably when compared to other applications to the 
extent that the project described in the application sup-
ports community development and farm and ranch income 
by marketing, distributing, storing, aggregating, or proc-
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essing a locally or regionally produced agricultural prod-
uct. 
‘‘(B) In subparagraph (A), the term ‘locally or re-
gionally produced agricultural product’ means an agricul-
tural product— 
‘‘(I) which is produced and distributed in the 
locality or region where the finished product is mar-
keted; 
‘‘(ii) which has been shipped a total distance of 
400 or fewer miles, as determined by the Secretary; 
and 
‘‘(iii) about which the distributor has conveyed 
to the end-use consumers information regarding the 
origin of the product or production practices, or 
other valuable information.’’. 
SEC. 6011. APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FOR 
RURAL AREAS PROGRAM. 
Section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
FOR 
RURAL AREAS PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF NATIONAL NONPROFIT AG-
RICULTURAL
ASSISTANCE
INSTITUTION.—In this 
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subsection, the term ‘national nonprofit agricultural 
assistance institution’ means an organization that— 
‘‘(A) is described in section 501(c)(3) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 
from taxation under 501(a) of that Code; 
‘‘(B) has staff and offices in multiple re-
gions; 
‘‘(C) operates national sustainable agri-
culture technical assistance programs; and 
‘‘(D) provides the technical assistance 
through toll-free hotlines, a website, publica-
tions, and work shops. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a national appropriate technology transfer 
for rural areas program to assist agricultural pro-
ducers that are seeking information to help agricul-
tural producers— 
‘‘(A) reduce input costs; 
‘‘(B) conserve energy resources; 
‘‘(C) diversify operations through new en-
ergy crops and energy generation facilities; and 
‘‘(D) expand markets for the agricultural 
commodities produced by the producers through 
use of sustainable farming practices. 
‘‘(3) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
carry out the program under this subsection by 
making a grant to, or offering to enter into a 
cooperative agreement with, a national non-
profit agricultural assistance organization. 
‘‘(B) COST SHARE.—A grant made, or co-
operative agreement entered into, under sub-
paragraph (A) shall provide 100 percent of the 
cost of providing information pursuant to para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this subsection $5,000,000 for 
each fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 6012. GRANTS TO IMPROVE TECHNICAL INFRASTRUC-
TURE AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF RURAL 
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. 
Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1981–2008r), as amended by 
section 5025 of this Act, is amended by inserting after 
section 365 the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 366. GRANTS TO IMPROVE TECHNICAL INFRASTRUC-
TURE AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF RURAL 
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
program to award grants to rural health facilities for the 
purpose of assisting the facilities in— 
‘‘(1) purchasing health information technology 
to improve quality in health care and patient safety; 
or 
‘‘(2) improving health care quality and patient 
safety, including the development of— 
‘‘(A) quality improvement support struc-
tures to assist rural health systems and profes-
sionals— 
‘‘(i) achieve greater integration of per-
sonal and population health services; and 
‘‘(ii) address safety, effectiveness, 
patient- or community-centeredness, timeli-
ness, efficiency, and equity; and 
‘‘(B) innovative approaches to the financ-
ing and delivery of health services to achieve 
rural health quality goals. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) HEALTH
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY.— 
The term ‘health information technology’ includes 
total expenditures incurred for— 
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