[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3890 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3890

 To provide that determinations of eligibility and level of assistance 
    for rural development programs shall be made without regard to 
                   incarcerated prisoner populations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2017

    Mr. Valadao (for himself, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Smucker, and Mr. Blum) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that determinations of eligibility and level of assistance 
    for rural development programs shall be made without regard to 
                   incarcerated prisoner populations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Making Rural America Count Act''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATIONS OF ELIGIBILITY AND LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE FOR RURAL 
              DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO BE MADE WITHOUT REGARD TO 
              INCARCERATED PRISONER POPULATIONS.

    For the purposes of determining eligibility or level of assistance 
for Rural Development programs, the Secretary of Agriculture shall not 
include incarcerated prison populations.
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