A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the census data and population requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act.

Bill: 113-s-766
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2013-04-18
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Housing and community development funding

Rural conditions and development
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend certain requirements for consideration as a rural area with respect to assistance for farm housing.</p> <p> Declares that any area classified as &quot;rural&quot; or a &quot;rural area&quot; before October 1, 1990, and determined not to be one as a result of data received from or after the 2010 decennial census, and any area deemed to be a &quot;rural area&quot; for purposes of the Act under any other provision of law at any time between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2010, shall continue to be so classified until the receipt of data from the decennial census in the year 2020, if that area has a population of between 10,000 and 35,000 (currently, between 10,000 and 25,000), is rural in character, and has a serious lack of mortgage credit for lower and moderate-income families.<BR> <BR> </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 766 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 18, 2013 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Roberts , Mr. Tester , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Johanns , and Mr. Moran ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the census data and population requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act.

1. Definition of rural area for purposes of the Housing Act of 1949 The second sentence of section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 ( 42 U.S.C. 1490 ) is amended— (1) by striking 1990 or 2000 decennial census shall continue to be so classified until the receipt of data from the decennial census in the year 2010 and inserting 1990, 2000, or 2010 decennial census, and any area deemed to be a rural area for purposes of this title under any other provision of law at any time during the period beginning January 1, 2000, and ending December 31, 2010, shall continue to be so classified until the receipt of data from the decennial census in the year 2020 ; and (2) by striking 25,000 and inserting 35,000 .