II 111th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3745 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 5, 2010 Mrs. Lincoln introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture in the case of low-income States to use 95 percent of the national average nonmetropolitan median income for purposes of determining the eligibility of communities in the States for certain rural development funding.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Rural Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2010.

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Median income requirement adjustment

Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926) is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c)

Median income requirement adjustment

(1)

In general

If the Secretary applies a median income requirement to communities for purposes of determining eligibility for the community facilities programs and water, waste disposal, and wastewater programs authorized under this section and sections 306A, 306C, 306D, and 306E, in the case of a State for which the State nonmetropolitan median income is equal to or less than 90 percent of the national average nonmetropolitan median income, the Secretary shall use an amount equal to 95 percent of the national average nonmetropolitan median income in applying the median income requirement for any community in the State. (2)

Termination of authority

The authority provided by paragraph (1) terminates on September 30, 2012 .