shall include the information obtained in the 
hearings in the annual reports required by 
paragraph (12). 
‘‘(B) ASSESSMENT
OF
RELEVANT
MAT-
TERS.—The Board may assess any matter in-
volving the region or the Authority, including 
the criteria for distress, programs of the Au-
thority, or allocation formulas, and shall and 
communicate the findings of the Board to the 
Federal cochairperson. 
‘‘(12) ANNUAL
REPORTS.—The Board shall 
prepare and submit to the Congress an annual re-
port on— 
‘‘(A) the activities and plans of the Board 
for supporting community-based and faith- 
based organizations in the region; 
‘‘(B) the state of the community-based and 
faith-based organizations in the region that 
interface directly with the persistently poverty 
stricken population of the region; 
‘‘(C) the programs and demonstration 
projects funded under paragraph (9) of this 
subsection; and 
‘‘(D) such other matters relating to the ac-
tivities described in section 382C(a) as the 
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Board wishes to bring to the attention of the 
Congress.’’. 
(d) PROGRAM AREAS.—Section 382C(a) of such Act 
(7 U.S.C. 2009aa–2(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(4); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (8); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) to provide assistance to severely distressed 
and underdeveloped areas that lack resources for im-
proving educational opportunities including adult 
and remedial education; 
‘‘(6) to provide assistance to severely distressed 
and underdeveloped areas that lack resources for im-
proving access to affordable, quality health care in 
rural areas; 
‘‘(7) to provide assistance to severely distressed 
and underdeveloped areas that lack resources for 
eliminating sub-standard housing facilities; and’’. 
(e) EXPANSION OF FUNDING PRIORITIES.—Section 
382C(b)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa–2(b)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(E) Educational improvement including 
adult and remedial education. 
‘‘(F) Access to affordable, quality rural 
health care. 
‘‘(G) The elimination of sub-standard 
housing facilities.’’. 
(f) FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.—Section 382F(d) of 
such Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa–5(d)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(d) TRANSPORTATION AND BASIC PUBLIC INFRA-
STRUCTURE.—During a fiscal year, the Authority shall al-
locate for transportation and basic public infrastructure 
projects authorized under paragraphs (1) and (3) of sec-
tion 382C(a) not more than 25 percent of any funds made 
available under section 382M for the fiscal year.’’. 
(g) LIMITATIONS
ON AUTHORIZATION
OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—Section 382M(a) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
2009aa–12(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Authority to carry out this subtitle 
$500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2038, 
which amounts are authorized to remain available until 
expended.’’. 
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(h) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 382N of 
such Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa–13) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 382N. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
‘‘This subtitle and the authority provided under this 
subtitle expire on October 1, 2038.’’. 
SEC. 4. SCOPE OF THE REGION. 
(a) EXPANSION.—Section 4(2) of the Delta Develop-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 100–460) is 
amended in the matter that precedes subparagraph (A) 
by striking ‘‘those areas’’ and all that follows through ‘‘but 
not limited to’’. 
(b) ARKANSAS.—Section 4(2)(A) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 100–460) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘Carroll, Clark, Columbia, Conway, Crawford, 
Franklin, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, 
Johnson, Lafayette, Little River, Logan, Madison, Miller, 
Montgomery, Nevada, Newton, Perry, Pike, Polk, Pope, 
Scott, Sevier, Yell,’’ after ‘‘Van Buren,’’. 
(c) LOUISIANA.—Section 4(2)(D) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 100–460) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘Beauregard, Bienville, Calcasieu, Claiborne, De 
Soto, Jefferson Davis, Red River, Sabine, Vermilion, 
Vernon, Webster,’’ after ‘‘St. James,’’. 
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(d) MISSISSIPPI.—Section 4(2)(E) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 100–460) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘Clarke, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Jas-
per, Jones, Lamar, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, 
Pearl River, Perry, Scott, Smith, Stone, Wayne,’’ after 
‘‘Lawrence,’’. 
(e) OTHER.—Section 4(2)(H) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
3121 note; Public Law 100–460) is amended by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end. 
(f) ALABAMA.—Section 4(2)(I) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 100–460) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, 
Henry, Houston, Lee, Pike,’’ after ‘‘Monroe,’’. 
(g) FLORIDA, GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH 
CAROLINA, TEXAS, VIRGINIA.—Section 4(2) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 100–460) is amended 
by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following: 
‘‘(J) the Florida counties of Alachua, 
Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Columbia, 
Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Ham-
ilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, 
Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Putnam, Suwan-
nee, Taylor, Union, Walton, and Washington; 
‘‘(K) the Georgia counties of Appling, At-
kinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, 
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