[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4605]
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  SA 1259. Mr. MANCHIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1092 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. 
Collins) to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  In determining awardees of grants under the 
     distance learning and telemedicine program under chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XXIII of the Food, Agriculture, 
     Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 
     seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide attention 
     to the need for distance learning and telemedicine access in 
     moderately rugged and highly rugged areas, as defined by the 
     Road Ruggedness Scale of the Economic Research Service.
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