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SA 3732. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3500 proposed by Mr. Harkin (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. Grassley) to the bill H.R. 2419, to provide for the continuation of agrucultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
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(a) Rural Area.--
(1) DEFINITION.--Section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
``(A) IN GENERAL.--The terms `rural' and `rural area' mean--
``(i) any area other than a city or town that has a population of greater than 50,000 inhabitants, except that, for all activities under programs in the rural development mission area within the areas of the County of Honolulu, Hawaii, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Secretary may designate any portion of the areas as a rural area or eligible rural community that the Secretary determines is not urban in character, other than any area included in the Honolulu Census Designated Place
or the San Juan Census Designated Place; and
``(ii) any urbanized area contiguous and adjacent to such a city or town.''.
(2) REPORT.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that--
(A) assesses the various definitions of the term ``rural'' that are used with respect to programs administered by the Secretary addressed in this title of this Act;
(B) describes the effects that the variations in those definitions have on those programs; and
(C) makes recommendations for ways to better target funds provided through rural development programs addressed in this title of this Act.
(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Nov 15, 2007.)
Beginning on page 774, strike line 10 and all that follows through page 776, line 19, and insert the following:
(a) Rural Area.--
(1) DEFINITION.--Section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
``(A) IN GENERAL.--The terms `rural' and `rural area' mean--
``(i) any area other than a city or town that has a population of greater than 50,000 inhabitants, except that, for all activities under programs in the rural development mission area within the areas of the County of Honolulu, Hawaii, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Secretary may designate any portion of the areas as a rural area or eligible rural community that the Secretary determines is not urban in character, other than any area included in the Honolulu Census Designated Place
or the San Juan Census Designated Place; and
``(ii) any urbanized area contiguous and adjacent to such a city or town.''.
(2) REPORT.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that--
(A) assesses the various definitions of the term ``rural'' that are used with respect to programs administered by the Secretary addressed in this title of this Act;
(B) describes the effects that the variations in those definitions have on those programs; and
(C) makes recommendations for ways to better target funds provided through rural development programs addressed in this title of this Act.
(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Nov 15, 2007.)
