RURAL AREAS see also Agriculture

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs: appropriations (H.R. 2883), 16584, 16585, 16721 [27JY]

———appropriations (H.R. 2883), conference report, 29370 [16NO]

Rural Partnerships Act: enact (S. 1036), 15937 [24JY], 18013, 18016, 18019, 18036, 18040, 18041 [2AU], 18529 [3AU]

Analyses

Rural Partnerships Act: enact (S. 1036), 9826 [18MY]

Rural Water Supply Assistance Act (S. 1296), 14320 [12JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2883, appropriations, 19508 [6SE]

Articles and editorials

As Farms Falter, Rural Homelessness Grows, 7951 [3MY], 8588 [9MY]

Attracting Doctors Tough for Smaller Rural Clinics—Lake Region Clinic Said Competitive, 9948 [18MY]

Center Director Concerned With Rural Growth, 15302 [19JY]

Dave Hamil's REA Leadership Had a Big Role in Shaping the West, 6075 [11AP]

Fowler Kept His Promise, 15082 [18JY]

Hospital Closings Not Limited to City, 1321 [31JA]

In Search of Physicians, Rural Hospitals Round Up the Posse, 30079 [17NO]

Ingenuity in America, 12407 [19JN]

Lifeflight Plane Helps S. Utah (series), 14083-14086 [11JY]

Medicare's Set Fees Create Moral, Fiscal Dilemma, 3636 [7MR]

Meeting Their Match—Power Company Stung by South Carolina, 9016 [11MY]

Obstetrics Care Precarious for Rural Mothers-To-Be, 5743 [6AP]

Researchers Report 600 Rural Hospitals May Be Forced To Close, 1318 [31JA]

Rural Medicine Suffers Doctor Shortage (series), 21447 [25SE]

Small Town Copes With Loss of Hospital, 1319 [31JA]

Two State Hospitals Closed, 1310 [31JA]

UI-C Study Suggests Solutions to Rural Health Care Crisis, 1319 [31JA]

What Others Say—Rural Hospitals Are Threatened, 1318 [31JA]

Bills and resolutions

Advanced Technology and Emergency Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1023)

Aeronautics: essential air service (see S. 1412, S. Con. Res. 6; H.R. 3274, H. Con. Res. 3)

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs: appropriations (see H.R. 2883)

Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act: define rural relative to subsistence uses (see H.R. 2439)

Appalachian region: funding for roads and highways (see S. 454, 455; H.R. 1167)

Appalachian Regional Development Act: extend (see H.R. 1166)

Area Health Education Centers Enhancement Act: enact (see S. 1812)

Banks and banking: written evaluations of community reinvestments (see S. 909)

Columbiana County, OH: include as part of the Appalachian region (see H.R. 435)

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: amend (see H.R. 2113)

———health care loan rates (see H.R. 2411)

Cooperative societies: safe harbor leases for rural electric cooperatives (see S. 1580)

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: designate (see H.R. 831)

Dept. of Transportation: Rural Mobility Task Force (see S. 173)

Development investment zones: establish (see H.R. 2531)

Development programs: Dept. of Agriculture facility for storage and retrieval of data (see S. 1595)

Disasters: housing assistance to victims (see H.R. 3666)

Drug-Free Rural America Act: enact (see S. 1634)

Economic conditions: business communication and development assistance (see S. 1030)

———community development programs (see H.R. 3166, 3519, 3530)

———enhance community service (see H.R. 487, 3807, H. Con. Res. 140)

Emergency Water Assistance Act: enact (see S. 862)

Enterprise zones: establish (see S. 35)

EPA: study suburban and rural growth and development (see H.R. 2457)

Equity for Rural Hospitals Act: enact (see S. 306)

Groundwater: assistance to small communities with radium contamination (see S. 397)

Health care: access to and delivery of services (see S. 1028, S. Con. Res. 37)

———cost and quality in rural areas (see H.R. 950)

———funding (see H.R. 2327)

———grants to designate rural hospitals as medical assistance facilities (see S. 979)

———improve services (see H.R. 762)

———improve conditions in manpower shortage areas (see H.R. 3724)

———medical data and information transmission (see S. 998)

———school loan payment tax deduction for physician who practices in certain community (see S. 954; H.R. 2522)

———study of health education center program (see H.R. 3725)

Health education centers: establish (see H.R. 3713)

Housing: expand homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 2388)

———rehabilitation loans for properties in rural areas (see H.R. 2261)

Medicare: analyze operating costs of certain rural hospitals (see H.R. 3747)

———costs for inpatient hospital services for small facilities (see S. 10)

———eliminate differential payments between urban and rural hospitals (see H.R. 804, H. Con. Res. 125)

———management of Office of Rural Health Policy (see H.R. 1301)

———payment of rural hospitals for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1270)

———payments made to hospitals (see H.R. 2246)

———permit small rural hospitals to elect to be paid on a reasonable cost basis (see H.R. 186)

———physician reimbursement by geographic location (see H. Con. Res. 83)

———Prospective Payment Assessment Commission representation of rural areas (see S. Res. 126)

National Advisory Committee on Rural Health: establish (see S. 817)

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see S.J. Res. 105; H.J. Res. 146)

Office of Rural Health Policy: authorizing appropriations (see S. 817)

Postal Services: rural route distribution (see H.R. 1539)

Procurement: set-aside targets (see H.R. 2413)

Public utilities: prepayment and refinancing of loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems (see S. 1115; H.R. 3164)

Railroads: preserve rural service (see H.R. 2315)

REA: rural development and small community water and sewer improvement (see S. 1027)

REA Lending Assistance Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 1232)

Roads and highways: reduce speed limit in certain rural areas (see H.R. 1756, 2934)

Rural Access to Capital Act: enact (see S. 863)

Rural Access to Telecommunications Services Act: enact (see S. 759)

Rural Bus Services Act: enact (see S. 470)

Rural Business Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1029)

Rural Drug Initiative Act: enact (see S. 1353)

Rural Economic Development Act: enact (see S. 1030; H.R. 3581)

Rural Electrification Act: amend (see H.R. 2735)

Rural Emergency Medical Services Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 1587)

Rural Enterprise Zone Act: enact (see S. 35; H.R. 1221)

Rural Health Clinic Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1078)

Rural Health Improvement Act: enact (see S. 921)

Rural Health Manpower Assistance Act: enact (see S. 366)

Rural Health Professionals Education Loan Interest Deduction Act: enact (see H.R. 1588)

Rural Hospital Improvements Act: enact (see S. 1466)

Rural Hospital Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1583) (see H.R. 1583)

Rural Housing Revitalization Act: enact (see S. 1371)

Rural Investment Fund Act: enact (see S. 1008)

Rural Monitoring and Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1024)

Rural Nursing Incentive Act: enact (see S. 1384)

Rural Partnerships Act: enact (see S. 1036)

Rural Physician Shortage Act: enact (see S. 1811)

Rural Progress Monitoring and Historic Preservation Act: enact (see S. 1017)

Rural public health: exempt small rural hospitals from prospective payment system (see S. 227)

Rural Star Schools Act: enact (see S. 1019)

Rural Water Supply Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1296)

Sewage disposal: services (see H.R. 3435)

Small business: promote (see S. 851, 1051)

Social Security: coverage of social worker services in rural health clinics (see H.R. 1176)

———encourage States to establish State offices of rural health (see H.R. 3204)

———inclusion of rural health clinics in definition of provider services (see S. 1550)

———place the Office of Rural Health Policy under a Deputy Under Sec. for Rural Health (see H.R. 1589)

Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act: enact (see S. 527)

Taxation: credits to primary health services providers in rural manpower shortage areas (see S. 954, 1060; H.R. 2522)

———electric or telephone cooperatives (see S. 988)

———extend the exemption from the termination of small issue bonds for certain rural properties (see H.R. 2804)

———treatment of income relative to safe harbor leases involving rural electric cooperatives (see H.R. 2796)

———treatment of rural cooperatives relative to book income preference (see H.R. 1193)

Telephone: improvement of services (see H.R. 3564)

U.S.-Mexico border: water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 1538)

Veterans: reimburse the value of rural hospital care that could have been provided at Dept. of Veterans Affairs facility (see H.R. 1742)

———reimbursement of expenses for medical care provided at rural hospitals (see H.R. 2876)

Water projects: Federal aid programs and business assistance grants (see H.R. 3382)

White House Conference on Rural Development and Agriculture: convene (see H.R. 365)

Explanations

Rural Capital Access Program (S. 973), 8965 [11MY]

Letters

REA liability requirements: Bob Bergland, 14878 [17JY]

Rural area medical care services: Representative Alexander, 30374 [20NO]

Rural development: Senator Conrad, 9828 [18MY]

———several organizations, 5767 [6AP]

Lists

Essential Air Service Program's subsidized communities, 10116 [24MY]

Memorials of legislature

Alaska, 11896 [15JN]

Illinois, 16203 [25JY]

Texas, 11419 [9JN]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs: appropriations (H.R. 2883), conference report, 29523-29525 [16NO]

Remarks in House

Aeronautics: essential air service (H.R. 3274), 20589 [14SE]

———essential air service funding (H. Con. Res. 3), 223 [4JA]

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs: appropriations (H.R. 2883), 14931-14966 [18JY], 15425 [20JY]

———appropriations (H.R. 2883), appointment of conferees, 19508 [6SE]

———appropriations (H.R. 2883), conference report, 29036 [15NO], 29513 [16NO], 29523-29526 [16NO], 30082 [17NO]

———appropriations (H.R. 2883), permission to file conference report, 24200 [12OC]

Appalachian Highway Development Program: additional funding (H.R. 1167), 3042 [28FE]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: extend (H.R. 1166), 3042 [28FE]

Business: revitalization, 22465 [28SE]

College Assistant Migrant Program: tribute, 5176 [22MR]

Columbiana County, OH: include as part of the Appalachian region (H.R. 435), 30010 [17NO]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: amend (H.R. 2113), 8909 [11MY]

Disasters: housing assistance to victims (H.R. 3666), 29052 [15NO]

Economic development, 4451 [15MR], 11239 [12JN]

———investment zones (H.R. 2531), 10734 [1JN]

———investment zones (H.R. 3166), 19490 [4AU]

———Federal assistance, 5486 [5AP]

———Federal aid programs and business assistance grants (H.R. 3382), 22288-22290 [28SE]

4-H Youth Program: tribute, 23645 [5OC]

Fowler, Senator: rural education leadership, 15082 [18JY]

Health care: access to and delivery of services, 5168 [22MR], 5200, 5206 [22MR], 5308 [23MR], 5471 [4AP], 9323-9330, 9361 [16MY], 9442, 9451, 9452 [16MY], 11226-11238 [7JN]

———cost and quality (H.R. 950), 4131 [14MR]

———extend facilities, 341 [24JA]

———funding, 9031 [11MY]

———hospitals survivability, 116 [3JA]

———improve conditions in health manpower shortage areas (H.R. 3724), 30078 [17NO]

———medical care centers, 30374 [20NO]

———referral centers, 31811 [21NO]

———study of health education center program (H.R. 3725), 30078 [17NO]

Health education centers: establish (H.R. 3713), 30030 [17NO]

Housing: expand homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income families (H.R. 2388), 9603 [17MY]

Medicare: analyze operating costs of certain rural and urban hospitals (H.R. 3747), 30384 [20NO], 30694, 30698 [21NO]

———improve health services in rural areas (H.R. 762), 1381-1383 [2FE]

———payment of rural hospitals for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 1270), 9417 [16MY], 3222 [2MR]

———payments made to hospitals (H.R. 2246), 3809 [8MR], 8418 [4MY]

———physician reimbursement by geographic location (H. Con. Res. 83), 5193 [22MR]

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (H.J. Res. 146), 24546 [13OC]

Postal Services: rural route distribution (H.R. 1539), 5089 [21MR]

Railroads: preserve rural service (H.R. 2315), 8859 [10MY]

REA: liability requirements, 14877, 14878 [17JY]

REA Lending Assistance Improvements Act: enact (H.R. 1232), 3401 [2MR], 4480 [16MR], 5677 [6AP], 5902 [10AP]

Rural Economic Development Act: enact (H.R. 3581), 27071 [2NO]

Rural Emergency Medical Services Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 1587), 10067 [23MY]

Rural Enterprise Zone Act: enact (H.R. 1221), 3081 [1MR]

Rural Health Professionals Education Loan Interest Deduction Act: enact (H.R. 1588), 10067 [23MY]

Rural Hospital Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1583), 5203 [22MR], 10067 [23MY]

Rural Telecommunications Improvements Act: enact, 30680 [21NO]

Social Security: coverage of social worker services in rural health clinics (H.R. 1176), 5287 [23MR]

———place the Office of Rural Health Policy under a Deputy Under Sec. for Rural Health (H.R. 1589), 10067 [23MY]

Taxation: extend the exemption from the termination of small issue bonds for certain rural properties (H.R. 2804), 14002 [29JN]

———treatment of income relative to safe harbor leases involving rural electric cooperatives (H.R. 2796), 13975 [29JN]

———treatment of rural cooperatives relative to book income preference (H.R. 1193), 3184 [1MR]

U.S.-Mexico border: water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas (H.R. 1538), 5013 [21MR]

Veterans: reimburse the value of rural hospital care that could have been provided at Dept. of Veterans Affairs facility (H.R. 1742), 5797 [6AP]

Water and sewage service: delivery (H.R. 487), 221 [4JA]

Water quality and conservation: provisions of H.R. 2883, 14951 [26JY]

Water projects: Federal aid programs and business assistance grants (H.R. 3382), 22288-22290 [28SE]

Working Group on Rural Development: formation, 7402 [25AP]

Remarks in Senate

Aeronautics: essential air service, 20009, 20012 [12SE], 20298, 20303 [13SE]

———essential air service preservation (S. 1412), 16327-16330 [26JY]

———funding, 10902 [6JN]

———funding reductions (S. Con. Res. 6), 1066-1072 [25JA], 10513 [1JN]

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs: appropriations (H.R. 2883)-16592 [27JY]

———appropriations (H.R. 2883), conference report, 29367-29370 [16NO]

Appalachian region: funding for roads and highways (S. 454), 2961 [28FE]

———funding for roads and highways (S. 455), 2961 [28FE]

Area Health Education Centers Enhancement Act: enact (S. 1812), 26650 [31OC]

Banks and banking: written evaluations of community reinvestments (S. 909), 7963 [3MY]

Budget: health care and water facilities (S. 1028), 9553 [17MY]

Cooperative societies: safe harbor leases for rural electric cooperatives (S. 1580), 19007 [4AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: facility for storage and retrieval of data relative to Federal rural development programs (S. 1595), 20059 [12SE]

Dept. of Transportation: Rural Mobility Task Force (S. 173), 456, 824 [25JA]

Drug abuse: combating in rural areas, 22536-22538 [29SE], 24611 [13OC]

———treatment and education programs (S. 1706), 22569 [29SE]

———treatment and education programs (S. 1707), 22569 [29SE]

Drug-Free Rural America Act: enact (S. 1634), 20690 [18SE], 20784 [19SE]

Economic development, 5767 [6AP], 8298 [4MY], 13287 [23JN], 23040 [3OC]

Education: illiteracy in rural areas, 18236 [3AU]

Emergency Water Assistance Act: enact (S. 862), 7310 [19AP]

Enterprise zones: establish (S. 35), 594-602 [25JA], 2135 [9FE]

Equity for Rural Hospitals Act: enact (S. 306), 1286-1292 [31JA], 2017 [8FE], 4417 [15MR]

Groundwater: assistance to small communities with radium contamination (S. 397), 2087 [9FE]

———intergovernmental and interagency cooperation (S. 362), 1812 [7FE]

Health care: access to and delivery of services (S. Con. Res. 37), 9286 [16MY], 9771 [18MY]

———assistance, 21384, 21386 [22SE], 22410 [28SE], 24818 [17OC], 31709 [21NO]

———emergency services, 14998 [18JY]

———funding for rural referral centers, 29323 [16NO]

———grants to designate rural hospitals as medical assistance facilities (S. 979), 8974 [11MY]

———medical data and information transmission (S. 998), 9249 [16MY]

———school loan payment tax deduction for physician who practices in a rural community (S. 954), 8779 [10MY]

Homeless: rural tragedy, 7950 [3MY], 8588 [9MY]

Medicare: costs for inpatient hospital services for small, rural facilities (S. 10), 505 [25JA]

———eliminate differential payment between urban and rural areas (S. Con. Res. 37), 9563 [17MY]

———Prospective Payment Assessment Commission representation of rural areas (S. Res. 126), 8795 [10MY]

———rural referral centers classification, 31694 [21NO]

Morehouse School of Medicine: tribute, 21736 [26SE]

National Advisory Committee on Rural Health: establish (S. 817), 6990 [18AP]

National Health Service Corps Improvements Act: enact (S. 959), 8783 [10MY]

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (S.J. Res. 105), 7009 [18AP]

Office of Rural Health Policy: appropriations (S. 817), 6990 [18AP]

Roads and highways: maintenance, 30200 [19NO], 30587 [20NO]

Rural Access to Capital Act: enact (S. 863), 7311 [19AP]

Rural Access to Telecommunications Services Act: enact (S. 759), 6031, 6033 [11AP]

Rural Bus Services Act: enact (S. 470), 2975 [28FE]

Rural Business Assistance Act: enact (S. 1029), 9554 [17MY]

Rural Capital Access Program: establish within Dept. of Agriculture to provide loans to certain businesses (S. 973), 8962 [11MY]

Rural Drug Initiative Act: enact (S. 1353), 15273 [19JY], 20784 [19SE]

Rural Electric Refinancing Act: permit prepayment and refinancing of Federal Financing Bank loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems (S. 1115), 10673 [1JN]

Rural Health Clinic Improvement Act: enact (S. 1078), 9904 [18MY]

Rural Health Improvement Act: enact (S. 921), 7983, 7986 [3MY], 8372 [4MY]

Rural Health Manpower Assistance Act: enact (S. 366), 1825 [7FE]

Rural Hospital Improvements Act: enact (S. 1466), 17959 [2AU], 27109 [3NO]

Rural Housing Revitalization Act: enact (S. 1371), 15632, 15635 [20JY], 19629 [6SE]

Rural Investment Fund Act: enact (S. 1008), 9529 [17MY]

Rural Monitoring and Assistance Act: enact (S. 1024), 9549 [17MY]

Rural Nursing Incentive Act: enact (S. 1384), 15915 [24JY]

Rural Partnerships Act: enact (S. 1036), 9812, 9826-9830 [18MY], 12630-12632 [21JN], 12944, 12946 [22JN], 14718 [14JY], 18035-18072 [2AU], 18227-18240, 18245, 18382 [3AU], 30528 [20NO], 31733 [11DE]

———enact (S. 1036), correction of engrossment, 18529 [3AU]

Rural Physician Shortage Act: enact (S. 1811), 26650 [31OC]

Rural Progress Monitoring and Historic Preservation Act: enact (S. 1017), 9543 [17MY]

Rural public health: exempt small rural hospitals from prospective payment system (S. 227), 947 [25JA]

Rural referral centers: funding, 21229, 21230 [21SE]

Rural Star Schools Act: enact (S. 1019), 9546 [17MY]

Rural Water Supply Assistance Act: enact (S. 1296), 14320 [12JY]

Small business: promote (S. 851), 7296, 7297 [19AP]

———rural business incubator funds, 18043 [2AU]

Social Security: inclusion of rural health clinics in definition of provider services (S. 1550), 18953 [4AU]

Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act: enact (S. 527), 3635 [7MR]

Taxation: credits to primary health services providers in rural manpower shortage areas (S. 1060), 9870, 9872, 9947 [18MY]

Water treatment: grants to States (S. 1331), 14823 [17JY]

Reports

Rural Telecommunications: Aspen Institute, 11138 [7JN]

Reports by conference committees

Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations (H.R. 2883), 29058-29068 [15NO]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2883) (S. Rept. 101-84), 16041 [25JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2883) (H. Rept. 101-137), 14693 [13JY]

———committee of conference (H.R. 2883) (H. Rept. 101-361), 29070 [15NO]

Include Columbiana County, OH as Part of the Appalachian Region: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 435) (H. Rept. 101-374), 30032 [17NO]

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 105), 11350 [8JN]

Rural Partnerships Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 1036) (S. Rept. 101-73), 14148 [11JY]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Rural Development Challenges, 19662 [6SE]

Statements

Essential Air Service Program Funding Reductions, 10513 [1JN]

Role of County Extension Agents: Henry C. Wallace, 4064 [14MR]

Rural Enterprise Zone Act: Dennis D. Roedemeier, 600 [25JA]

———Richard McHugh, 599 [25JA]

Summaries

Development Investment Zones (H.R. 2531), 10734 [1JN]

Medicare Physician Repayment Reform (H. Con. Res. 83), 5208 [22MR]

Office of Rural Health Policy Amendments (H.R. 1589), 5209 [22MR]

Rural Areas Small Business Promotion (S. 851), 7297 [19AP]

Rural Emergency Medical Services Improvement Act (H.R. 1587), 5208 [22MR]

Rural Health Care Coalition Initiatives, 5207-5209 [22MR]

Rural Health Clinics Act Amendments (H.R. 1585), 5208 [22MR]

Rural Health Professionals Education Loan Interest Deduction Act (H.R. 1588), 5208 [22MR]

Rural Hospital Recovery Act (H.R. 1583), 5207 [22MR]

Rural Medical Assistance Facilities Act (S. 979), 8976 [11MY]

Rural Nursing Incentive Act (S. 1384), 15916 [24JY]

Texas Cooperative Extension Service, 4064-4066 [14MR]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 2883) conference report, 29513-29519 [16NO]

Program allocations for Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 16749 [27JY]

Testimonies

Improving and Maintaining Rural Highways: Thomas C. Rubel, 30587 [20NO]

Review of Extension Rural Development Activities Conducted Under the Auspices of Section 1440 of 1985 Farm Bill: Gail L. Imig, 15092 [18JY]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 124, State Cooperative Extension Service anniversary, 4062 [14MR]

H.R. 435, include Columbiana County, OH, as part of the Appalachian region, 30010 [17NO]

H.R. 950, National Rural Health Care Act, 4131-4134 [14MR]

H.R. 1176, medicare coverage of social worker services in rural clinics, 2773 [23FE]

H.R. 1232, REA Lending Assistance Improvements Act, 3401 [2MR]

H.R. 1539, rural postal route distribution, 5090 [21MR]

H.R. 1583, Rural Hospital Recovery Act, 5204-5206 [22MR]

H.R. 1610, updating of hospital area wage index factors, 5310 [23MR]

H.R. 2327, funding of health care in rural areas, 9032 [11MY]

H.R. 2796, tax treatment of income relative to safe harbor leases involving rural electric cooperatives, 13975 [29JN]

H.R. 2804, extend the exemption from the termination of small issue bonds for certain farming properties, 14003 [29JN]

H.R. 2883, making appropriations for agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs, 16567-16579 [27JY]

H.R. 3666, housing assistance to disaster victims, 29052 [15NO]

S. 10, costs for inpatient hospital services for small, rural medicare-dependent facilities, 505 [25JA]

S. 227, exempt small rural hospitals from prospective payment system, 947 [25JA]

S. 306, Equity for Rural Hospitals Act, 1288 [31JA]

S. 366, Rural Health Manpower Assistance Act, 1826 [7FE]

S. 454, funding for Appalachian region roads and highways, 2962 [28FE]

S. 455, funding for Appalachian region roads and highways, 2963 [28FE]

S. 470, Rural Bus Services Act, 2975 [28FE]

S. 527, Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act, 3636 [7MR]

S. 721, medicaid coverage of certain prenatal and postnatal services, 5743 [6AP]

S. 759, Rural Access to Telecommunications Services Act, 6032 [11AP]

S. 862, Emergency Water Assistance Act, 7311 [19AP]

S. 863, Rural Access to Capital Act, 7312-7314 [19AP]

S. 909, written evaluations of community reinvestments by banks, 7967 [3MY]

S. 921, Rural Health Improvement Act, 7984 [3MY]

S. 954, school loan payment tax deduction for physician who practices medicine in a rural community, 8780 [10MY]

S. 959, National Health Service Corps Improvements Act, 8784 [10MY]

S. 973, Rural Capital Access Program, 8963 [11MY]

S. 979, Rural Medical Assistance Facilities Act, 8975 [11MY]

S. 1008, Rural Investment Fund Act, 9530-9533 [17MY]

S. 1017, Rural Progress Monitoring and Historic Preservation Act, 9543 [17MY]

S. 1023, Advanced Technology and Emergency Assistance Act, 9550 [17MY]

S. 1024, Rural Monitoring and Assistance Act, 9551 [17MY]

S. 1028, health care and water facilities for rural areas, 9554 [17MY]

S. 1029, Rural Business Assistance Act, 9554 [17MY]

S. 1036, Rural Partnerships Act, 9813-9826 [18MY], 18052-18072 [15AU]

S. 1078, Rural Health Clinic Improvement Act, 9905 [18MY]

S. 1115, prepayment and refinancing of loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems, 10673 [1JN]

S. 1296, Rural Water Supply Assistance Act, 14321 [12JY]

S. 1331, grants to States for water and waste facilities, 14824 [17JY]

S. 1353, Rural Drug Initiative Act, 15274 [19JY]

S. 1371, Rural Housing Revitalization Act, 15633-15635 [20JY]

S. 1412, Essential Air Service Preservation Act, 16328 [26JY]

S. 1466, Rural Hospital Improvements Act, 17960 [2AU]

S. 1580, safe harbor leases for rural electric cooperatives, 19007 [4AU]

S. Con. Res. 27, eliminate differential in medicare payments between rural and urban hospitals, 9285 [16MY]

S. Res. 126, Medicare Prospective Payment Assessment Commission representation of rural areas, 8795 [10MY]

S.J. Res. 47, anniversary of the cooperative extension services, 1561 [2FE]

S.J. Res. 105, National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled, 7010 [18AP], 11440 [9JN]