I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2235 
To amend the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to revise the Resource 
Conservation and Development Program of the Department of Agri-
culture to require a planning process under the program that is locally 
led, to guarantee funds for the program for fiscal years 2008 through 
2012, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2007 
Mr. SPACE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to revise 
the Resource Conservation and Development Program 
of the Department of Agriculture to require a planning 
process under the program that is locally led, to guar-
antee funds for the program for fiscal years 2008 
through 2012, 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 ‘‘Resource Conservation 
and Community Development Enhancement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) LOCALLY LED PLANNING PROCESS.—Section 
1528 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 
3451) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘planning 
process’’ in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
and inserting ‘‘locally led planning process’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘council’’ and 
inserting ‘‘locally led council’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 
1528(13) of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 
U.S.C. 3451(13)) is amended by striking subparagraphs 
(C) and (D) and inserting the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(C) providing assistance for the imple-
mentation of area plans and projects; and 
‘‘(D) providing services which bring to 
bear the resources of Department of Agri-
culture programs in a local community, as de-
fined in the locally led planning process.’’. 
(c) IMPROVED PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 1531 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 
1981 (16 U.S.C. 3454) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 
‘‘In carrying’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) COORDINATOR AND PROGRAM ASSISTANT.—To 
improve the provision of technical assistance to councils 
under this subtitle, the Secretary shall designate for each 
council— 
‘‘(1) an individual, to be known as the ‘Coordi-
nator’, who shall be directly responsible for the pro-
vision of technical assistance to the council; and 
‘‘(2) an individual, to be known as the ‘program 
assistant’, who shall assist in providing technical as-
sistance to the council.’’. 
(d) PROGRAM EVALUATION.—Section 1534 of the 
Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3457) is 
repealed. 
(e) FUNDING.—Section 1537 of the Agriculture and 
Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3460) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1537. FUNDING. 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall 
use $82,200,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to carry out this subtitle for each of the fiscal 
year 2008 through 2012. Such funds shall remain avail-
able to carry out this subtitle until expended. 
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‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON LOANS.—The Secretary shall 
not use more than $15,000,000 of any funds made avail-
able for a fiscal year to make loans under this subtitle.’’. 
Æ 
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