[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 27, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3275. Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. Peters) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr. 
Roberts (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) 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 C of title VI, insert the following:

     SEC. 63__. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON RURAL ECONOMIC 
                   DEVELOPMENT.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish an 
     interagency working group (referred to in this section as the 
     ``working group'')--
       (1) to study the process and implementation of rural 
     economic development grants and funding at agencies and 
     departments within the Federal Government; and
       (2) to develop a website to provide information about those 
     grants and funding in a central location.
       (b) Members.--The working group shall include--
       (1) the Secretary; and
       (2) the head of each Federal agency or department that 
     provides rural economic development grants or funding.
       (c) Duties.--The working group shall develop a common, 
     single website to be used by each Federal agency or 
     department participating in the working group that will--
       (1) describe each Federal rural economic development 
     program or grant; and
       (2) allow an applicant to apply for those programs or 
     grants on that single website.
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