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program shall expire four years after the date on which the pilot pro-
gram is established. A contract entered into before the authority ex-
pires remains in effect according to the terms of the contract after the
expiration of the authority to award new contracts under the pilot pro-
gram.
§ 11702. Identification of excess and surplus computer
equipment
In accordance with chapter 5 of this title, the head of an executive agency
shall maintain an inventory of all computer equipment under the control of
that official that is excess or surplus property.
§ 11703. Access of certain information in information sys-
tems to directory established under section 4101 of
title 44
If in designing an information technology system pursuant to this sub-
title, the head of an executive agency determines that a purpose of the sys-
tem is to disseminate information to the public, then the head of that execu-
tive agency shall reasonably ensure that an index of information dissemi-
nated by the system is included in the directory created pursuant to section
4101 of title 44. This section does not authorize the dissemination of infor-
mation to the public unless otherwise authorized.
§ 11704. Procurement procedures
To the maximum extent practicable, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory
Council shall ensure that the process for acquisition of information tech-
nology is a simplified, clear, and understandable process that specifically ad-
dresses the management of risk, incremental acquisitions, and the need to
incorporate commercial information technology in a timely manner.
SUBTITLE IV—APPALACHIAN REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER
Sec.
141.
GENERAL PROVISIONS ..............................................................................
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APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION ...............................................
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SPECIAL APPALACHIAN PROGRAMS ......................................................
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MISCELLANEOUS .........................................................................................
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CHAPTER 141—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
14101.
Findings and purposes.
14102.
Definitions.
§ 14101. Findings and purposes
(a) 1965 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds and declares that the Appalachian
region of the United States, while abundant in natural resources and
rich in potential, lags behind the rest of the Nation in its economic
growth and that its people have not shared properly in the Nation’s
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prosperity. The region’s uneven past development, with its historical re-
liance on a few basic industries and a marginal agriculture, has failed
to provide the economic base that is a vital prerequisite for vigorous,
self-sustaining growth. State and local governments and the people of
the region understand their problems and have been working, and will
continue to work, purposefully toward their solution. Congress recog-
nizes the comprehensive report of the President’s Appalachian Regional
Commission documenting these findings and concludes that regionwide
development is feasible, desirable, and urgently needed.
(2) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this subtitle to assist the region
in meeting its special problems, to promote its economic development,
and to establish a framework for joint federal and state efforts toward
providing the basic facilities essential to its growth and attacking its
common problems and meeting its common needs on a coordinated and
concerted regional basis. The public investments made in the region
under this subtitle shall be concentrated in areas where there is a sig-
nificant potential for future growth and where the expected return on
public dollars invested will be the greatest. States will be responsible
for recommending local and state projects within their borders, which
will receive assistance under this subtitle. As the region obtains the
needed physical and transportation facilities and develops its human re-
sources, Congress expects that the region will generate a diversified in-
dustry and that the region will then be able to support itself through
the workings of a strengthened free enterprise economy.
(b) 1975 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress further finds and declares that while sub-
stantial progress has been made toward achieving the purposes set out
in subsection (a), especially with respect to the provision of essential
public facilities, much remains to be accomplished, especially with re-
spect to the provision of essential health, education, and other public
services. Congress recognizes that changes and evolving national pur-
poses in the decade since 1965 affect not only the Appalachian region
but also its relationship to a nation that on December 31, 1975, is as-
signing higher priority to conservation and the quality of life, values
long cherished within the region. Appalachia as of December 31, 1975,
has the opportunity, in accommodating future growth and development,
to demonstrate local leadership and coordinated planning so that hous-
ing, public services, transportation and other community facilities will
be provided in a way congenial to the traditions and beauty of the re-
gion and compatible with conservation values and an enhanced quality
of life for the people of the region. Congress recognizes also that funda-
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mental changes are occurring in national energy requirements and pro-
duction, which not only risk short-term dislocations but will undoubt-
edly result in major long-term effects in the region. It is essential that
the opportunities for expanded energy production be used so as to
maximize the social and economic benefits and minimize the social and
environmental costs to the region and its people.
(2) PURPOSE.—It is also the purpose of this subtitle to provide a
framework for coordinating federal, state and local efforts toward—
(A) anticipating the effects of alternative energy policies and
practices;
(B) planning for accompanying growth and change so as to
maximize the social and economic benefits and minimize the social
and environmental costs; and
(C) implementing programs and projects carried out in the re-
gion by federal, state, and local governmental agencies so as to
better meet the special problems generated in the region by the
Nation’s energy needs and policies, including problems of trans-
portation, housing, community facilities, and human services.
(c) 1998 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress further finds and declares that while sub-
stantial progress has been made in fulfilling many of the objectives of
this subtitle, rapidly changing national and global economies over the
decade ending November 13, 1998, have created new problems and
challenges for rural areas throughout the United States and especially
for the Appalachian region.
(2) PURPOSE.—In addition to the purposes stated in subsections (a)
and (b), it is the purpose of this subtitle—
(A) to assist the Appalachian region in—
(i) providing the infrastructure necessary for economic and
human resource development;
(ii) developing the region’s industry;
(iii) building entrepreneurial communities;
(iv) generating a diversified regional economy; and
(v) making the region’s industrial and commercial re-
sources more competitive in national and world markets;
(B) to provide a framework for coordinating federal, state, and
local initiatives to respond to the economic competitiveness chal-
lenges in the Appalachian region through—
(i) improving the skills of the region’s workforce;
(ii) adapting and applying new technologies for the region’s
businesses; and
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(iii) improving the access of the region’s businesses to the
technical and financial resources necessary to development of
the businesses; and
(C) to address the needs of severely and persistently distressed
areas of the Appalachian region and focus special attention on the
areas of greatest need so as to provide a fairer opportunity for the
people of the region to share the quality of life generally enjoyed
by citizens across the United States.
§ 14102. Definitions
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this subtitle—
(1) APPALACHIAN REGION.—The term ‘‘Appalachian region’’ means
that area of the eastern United States consisting of the following coun-
ties (including any political subdivision located within the area):
(A) In Alabama, the counties of Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cham-
bers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Coosa, Cullman,
De Kalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Hale, Jackson, Jef-
ferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Macon, Madi-
son, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Pickens, Randolph, St. Clair,
Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston.
(B) In Georgia, the counties of Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll,
Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson, Douglas, Elbert,
Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gordon, Gwinnett,
Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Hart, Heard, Jackson, Lumpkin,
Madison, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Stephens,
Towns, Union, Walker, White, and Whitfield.
(C) In Kentucky, the counties of Adair, Bath, Bell, Boyd,
Breathitt, Carter, Casey, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, El-
liott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Garrard, Green, Greenup, Harlan,
Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie,
Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, McCreary, Madison, Magoffin, Martin,
Menifee, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Pow-
ell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Wayne, Whitley, and
Wolfe.
(D) In Maryland, the counties of Allegany, Garrett, and Wash-
ington.
(E) In Mississippi, the counties of Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun,
Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Kemper, Lee, Lowndes,
Marshall, Monroe, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss,
Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, Winston, and Yalobusha.
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(F) In New York, the counties of Allegany, Broome,
Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Dela-
ware, Otsego, Schoharie, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, and Tompkins.
(G) In North Carolina, the counties of Alexander, Alleghany,
Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Davie,
Forsyth, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell,
Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Stokes, Surry, Swain,
Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, and Yancey.
(H) In Ohio, the counties of Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown,
Carroll, Clermont, Columbiana, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Har-
rison, Highland, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence,
Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pike, Ross,
Scioto, Tuscarawas, Vinton, and Washington.
(I) In Pennsylvania, the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Bea-
ver, Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon,
Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Elk,
Erie, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jef-
ferson, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Luzerne, Lycoming,
McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland,
Perry, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Sus-
quehanna, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Washington, Wayne,
Westmoreland, and Wyoming.
(J) In South Carolina, the counties of Anderson, Cherokee,
Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, and Spartanburg.
(K) In Tennessee, the counties of Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount,
Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Carter, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Cof-
fee, Cumberland, De Kalb, Fentress, Franklin, Grainger, Greene,
Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jackson, Jeffer-
son, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Macon, Marion, Megs,
Monroe, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Roane,
Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Smith, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, Van
Buren, Warren, Washington, and White.
(L) In Virginia, the counties of Alleghany, Bath, Bland,
Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll, Craig, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles,
Grayson, Highland, Lee, Montgomery, Pulaski, Rockbridge, Rus-
sell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe.
(M) All the counties of West Virginia.
(2) LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘local development
district’’ means any of the following entities for which the Governor of
the State in which the entity is located, or the appropriate state officer,
certifies to the Appalachian Regional Commission that the entity has