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in-aid program to the extent permitted under the 
law providing for the grant-in-aid program. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In making grants and loans, and 
guaranteeing loans under this section, the Secretary shall 
give priority consideration to projects that serve rural 
communities that— 
‘‘(1) have a population of less than 20,000 per-
manent residents; 
‘‘(2) are experiencing outmigration; 
‘‘(3) have a high percentage of low-income resi-
dents; or 
‘‘(4) are isolated from other significant popu-
lation centers. 
‘‘(f) TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
grants to an entity that is a Tribal College or Uni-
versity (as defined in section 316(b) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b))) to 
provide the Federal share of the cost of developing 
specific Tribal College or University essential com-
munity facilities in rural areas. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish the maximum percentage of the cost of the 
project that may be covered by a grant under this 
subsection, except that the Secretary may not re-
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quire non-Federal financial support in an amount 
that is greater than 5 percent of the total cost of the 
project. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014 through 2018. 
‘‘(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY FA-
CILITIES PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary may use funds made available for com-
munity facilities programs authorized under this sec-
tion to provide technical assistance to applicants and 
participants for community facilities programs. 
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use not 
more than 3 percent of the amount of funds made 
available to participants for a fiscal year for a com-
munity facilities program to provide technical assist-
ance described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as are necessary. 
‘‘SEC. 3503. HEALTH CARE SERVICES. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to ad-
dress the continued unmet health needs in the Delta re-
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gion through cooperation among health care professionals, 
institutions of higher education, research institutions, and 
other individuals and entities in the region. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a consortium of re-
gional institutions of higher education, academic health 
and research institutes, and economic development entities 
located in the Delta region that have experience in ad-
dressing the health care issues in the region. 
‘‘(c) GRANTS.—To carry out the purpose described 
in subsection (a), the Secretary may award a grant to an 
eligible entity for— 
‘‘(1) the development of— 
‘‘(A) health care services; 
‘‘(B) health education programs; and 
‘‘(C) health care job training programs; 
and 
‘‘(2) the development and expansion of public 
health-related facilities in the Delta region to ad-
dress longstanding and unmet health needs of the 
region. 
‘‘(d) USE.—As a condition of the receipt of the grant, 
the eligible entity shall use the grant to fund projects and 
activities described in subsection (c), based on input solic-
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ited from local governments, public health care providers, 
and other entities in the Delta region. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018. 
‘‘CHAPTER 2—RURAL BUSINESS AND 
COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT 
‘‘SEC. 3601. BUSINESS PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
grants under this subsection to eligible entities de-
scribed in paragraph (2) in rural areas that pri-
marily serve rural areas for purposes described in 
paragraph (3). 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The Secretary may 
make grants under this subsection to— 
‘‘(A) governmental entities; 
‘‘(B) Indian tribes; and 
‘‘(C) nonprofit entities. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE PURPOSES FOR GRANTS.—Eligi-
ble entities that receive grants under this subsection 
may use the grant funds for— 
‘‘(A) business opportunity projects that— 
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