I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3566 
To strengthen resources to combat the heroin and opioid epidemic in rural 
communities across America. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Mrs. BUSTOS (for herself, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. EVANS, and 
Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To strengthen resources to combat the heroin and opioid 
epidemic in rural communities across America. 
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 ‘‘Addiction Recovery 
for Rural Communities Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE. 
Section 2333(c) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa–2(c)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(5) SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT 
SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary shall make available 
not less than 20 percent of amounts made 
available under section 2335A for financial as-
sistance under this chapter for substance use 
disorder treatment services. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—In the case of a fiscal 
year for which the Secretary determines that 
there are not sufficient qualified applicants to 
receive financial assistance for substance use 
disorder treatment services to reach the 20-per-
cent requirement under subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary may make available less than 20 per-
cent of amounts made available under section 
2335A for those services.’’. 
SEC. 3. COMMUNITY FACILITIES DIRECT LOANS AND 
GRANTS. 
Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(27) DIRECT LOANS AND GRANTS FOR SUBSTANCE 
USE DISORDER TREATMENT SERVICES.— 
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‘‘(A) SELECTION
PRIORITY.—In selecting re-
cipients of loans or grants (not including loans guar-
anteed by the Secretary) for the development of es-
sential community facilities under this section, the 
Secretary shall give priority to entities eligible for 
those loans or grants— 
‘‘(i) to develop facilities to provide sub-
stance use disorder (including opioid substance 
use disorder)— 
‘‘(I) prevention services; 
‘‘(II) treatment services; 
‘‘(III) recovery services; or 
‘‘(IV) any combination of those serv-
ices; and 
‘‘(ii) that employ staff that have appro-
priate expertise and training in how to identify 
and treat individuals with substance use dis-
orders. 
‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) that receives a loan or 
grant described in that subparagraph may use the 
loan or grant funds for the development of telemedi-
cine facilities and systems to provide telemedicine 
for substance use disorder treatment.’’. 
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SEC. 4. RURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY EDUCATION PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 502(i) of the Rural Devel-
opment Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) SUBSTANCE
USE
DISORDER
EDUCATION 
AND
PREVENTION.—In making grants under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to an ap-
plicant that will use the grant for substance use dis-
order education and treatment and the prevention of 
substance use disorder.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Title V of the Rural 
Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2661 et seq.) (as 
amended by subsection (a)) is amended— 
(1) in section 502, in the matter preceding sub-
section (a), by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this title as 
the ‘Secretary’)’’ after ‘‘Agriculture’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’ each 
place it appears (other than in section 502 in the 
matter preceding subsection (a)) and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary’’. 
Æ 
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