[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4196 Received in Senate (RDS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4196


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 30 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To ensure that timber-dependent communities adversely affected by the 
  Forest Plan for a Sustainable Economy and a Sustainable Environment 
qualify for loans and grants from the Rural Development Administration.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN TIMBER-DEPENDENT 
              COMMUNITIES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR LOANS AND GRANTS 
              FROM THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Timber-dependent communities in the Pacific Northwest 
        have contributed significantly to the economic needs of the 
        United States and have helped ensure an adequate national 
        supply of timber and timber products.
            (2) A significant portion of the timber traditionally 
        harvested in the Pacific Northwest is derived from Federal 
        forest lands, and these forests have played an important role 
        in sustaining local economies.
            (3) A number of traditionally timber-dependent communities 
        are experiencing significant economic difficulties as a result 
        of their proximity to the range of the northern spotted owl.
            (4) These timber-dependent communities need economic 
        assistance to help them diversify, including support from water 
        and waste facility loans and grants and community facility 
        loans and grants funded through the Rural Development 
        Administration.
    (b) Expanded Eligibility.--During the period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 1998, the 
terms ``rural'' and ``rural area'', as used in the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.), shall include any 
town, city, or municipality--
            (1) part or all of which lies within 100 miles of the 
        boundary of a national forest covered by the Federal document 
        entitled ``Forest Plan for a Sustainable Economy and a 
        Sustainable Environment'', dated July 1, 1993;
            (2) that is located in a county in which at least 15 
        percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor 
        income is derived from forestry, wood products, or forest-
        related industries such as recreation and tourism; and
            (3) that has a population of not more than 25,000 
        inhabitants.
    (c) Effect on State Allotments of Funds.--This section shall not be 
taken into consideration in allotting funds to the various States for 
purposes of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1921 et seq.), or otherwise affect or alter the manner under which such 
funds were allotted to States before the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 29, 1994.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.