3.0.0 323 2019-11-15T21:55:06Z 2019-11-15T21:55:06Z Senate S S 2009-01-26 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-01-26T22:42:11Z 2009-01-26 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-01-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND N L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-01-26 True N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2009-01-26 True Economics and Public Finance 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 Economics and Public Finance 00 2009-01-26 Introduced in Senate 2009-02-25T18:09:00Z 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.

]]> Rural Revitalization Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Rural Revitalization Act of 2009 Display Title Rural Revitalization Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide infrastructure, nutrition, and housing assistance to rural areas of the United States. Introduced in Senate 2009-01-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s323is/xml/BILLS-111s323is.xml 2009-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.