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NASULGC's Farm Bill Provisions |
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454. Amendme=
nts to
the CFRDA Relating to 2002 Farm Bill Programs |
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Summary |
Amends six existing rural development programs under=
the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to require that the Secretary=
of
Agriculture, in making grants or otherwise administering such programs, to
use applied research, extension education, and demonstration project
approaches to assure that appropriate levels of human capital investment =
are
in place to use Federal and matching funds most effectively to provide the
greatest actual impact on rural entrepreneurship and e-commerce. The
authorities amended include those for: &n=
bsp; (a)
Rural Business &n=
bsp; (b)
Rural Business &n=
bsp; (c)
Rural Cooperative Development Grants; &n=
bsp; (d)
Rural Telework Grants; &n=
bsp; (e)
Rural Business Investment Program; and &n=
bsp; (f)
Multijurisdictional Regional Planning Organizations. |
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Legislative
Language |
SEC. 454. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSOLIDATED FARM AND RU=
RAL
DEVELOPMENT ACT RELATING TO 2002 FARM BILL PROGRAMS. (a) RURAL BUSINESS OPPORTUN= ITY GRANTS.—Section 306(a)(11)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)(C)) is amended by adding at the end= the following: “In making grants under this paragraph, the Secretary sh= all use applied research, extension education, and demonstration project approaches to assure that appropriate levels of human capital investment = are in place to use Federal and matching funds most effectively to provide the greatest actual impact on rural entrepreneurship and e-commerce.”.<= o:p> (b) RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRI=
SE
GRANTS.—Section 310B(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Developm=
ent
Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(4) PR=
OGRAM
APPROACHES.—In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, use applied research, extension
education, and demonstration project approaches to assure that appropriate
levels of human capital investment are in place to use Federal and matchi=
ng
funds most effectively to provide the greatest actual impact on rural
entrepreneurship and e-commerce.”. (c) RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVEL=
OPMENT
GRANTS.—Section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Developm=
ent
Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(e)) is amended— (1) by redesignating
paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and (2) by inserting after para=
graph
(8) the following: “(9) PROGRAM
APPROACHES.—In making grants under this subsection, the Secretary
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, use applied research, extension
education, and demonstration project approaches to assure that appropriate
levels of human capital investment are in place to use Federal and matchi=
ng
funds most effectively to provide the greatest actual impact on rural
entrepreneurship and e-commerce.”. (d) RURAL TELEWORK.—S=
ection
379 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008n) is
amended— (1) by redesignating
subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subs=
ection
(d) the following: “(e) PROGRAM
APPROACHES.—In making grants under this section, the Secretary shal=
l,
to the maximum extent practicable, use applied research, extension educat=
ion,
and demonstration project approaches to assure that appropriate levels of
human capital investment are in place to use Federal and matching funds m=
ost
effectively to provide the greatest actual impact on rural entrepreneursh=
ip
and e-commerce.”. (e) RURAL BUSINESS INVESTME=
NT
PROGRAM.—Section 384C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act (7 U.S.C. 2009cc-2) is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)=
IN
GENERAL.—“ before “In accordance”; and (2) by adding at the end the
following: “(b) PROGRAM
APPROACHES.—In carrying out this subtitle, the Secretary shall, to =
the
maximum extent practicable, use applied research, extension education, and
demonstration project approaches to assure that appropriate levels of hum=
an
capital investment are in place to use Federal and matching funds most
effectively to provide the greatest actual impact on rural entrepreneursh=
ip
and e-commerce.”. (f) MULTIJURISDICTIONAL REG=
IONAL
PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 306(a)(23) of the Consolidated Farm=
and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(23)) is amended— (1) by redesignating
subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F),
respectively; and (2) by inserting after
subparagraph (B) the following: “(C) PROGRAM
APPROACHES.—In making grants under this paragraph for community
development planning and analysis, the Secretary shall, to the maximum ex=
tent
practicable, use applied research, extension demonstration, and outreach
education approaches to assure the greatest regional impact.”. |