Rural Revitalization Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-323
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2009-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural practices and innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Department of Energy
Economic development
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Food assistance and relief
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Infrastructure development
Medicare
Pipelines
Public utilities and utility rates
Research and development
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Securities
Small business
Solid waste and recycling
Transportation programs funding
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: 
Rural Revitalization Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow the issuance, through December 31, 2010, of tax-exempt facility bonds to finance qualified electric transmission facilities; and (2) extend issuance authority for qualified zone academy bonds and permit bond proceeds to be used for construction.
 
Amends the Federal Power Act to revise the Secretary of Energy's authority to designate national interest electric transmission corridors.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer funds for: (1) electrification loans and loan guarantees; (2) Indian reservation roads and bridge and highway projects; (3) water projects; (4) utilities programs; (5) community facilities programs; (6) business enterprise grants and microenterprise assistance; (7) telemedicine and distance learning services; (8) public works and economic development; and (9) energy programs.
 
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to direct the Secretary of Energy to make loan guarantees for renewable fuel pipelines.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer funds for the: (1) emergency food assistance program; (2) commodity supplemental food program; (3) emergency food program infrastructure grant program; and (4) supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC).
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use specified Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for the Doug Bereuter section 502 single family housing loan guarantee program. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer funds for National Health Service Corps programs.
 
Amends the Social Security Act to extend: (1) increased payments for certain ground ambulance services; and (2) assistance for rural providers providing services in low population density areas.
 
Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, to extend the payment increase for certain rural home health services.
 
Amends the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 and the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to extend certain hospital reclassification authority. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate