[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4444]
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  SA 3182. Mr. TESTER (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. Heitkamp) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 
2, to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other 
programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 62__. EXPANSION AND CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITY.

       Section 306F of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
     U.S.C. 936f) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Rural Utilities 
     Service'' in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and all 
     that follows through the period at the end of subparagraph 
     (B) and inserting ``rural development mission area.''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, including a 
     community within any former Indian reservation,'' before 
     ``with respect to which''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Rural Utilities Service 
     to qualified utilities or applicants'' and inserting ``rural 
     development mission area to qualified applicants''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Rural Utilities Service 
     to facilitate the construction, acquisition, or improvement 
     of infrastructure'' and inserting ``rural development mission 
     area''.
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