RURAL AREAS related term(s) Agriculture

Amendments

Rural development, agriculture, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5268), 17898, 17906, 17908, 17909 [18JY], 25235, 25236, 25254 [20SE]

Rural Economic Development Act: enact (H.R. 3581), 3669 [7MR], 4276-4301 [13MR], 4378, 4379, 4380 [14MR], 4431, 4432, 4436, 4438, 4440 [15MR], 4573, 4578 [20MR], 4790-4796 [21MR], 5008, 5010, 5012, 5013, 5017 [22MR]

Analyses

Medicare Community Health Center and Rural Health Clinic Amendments (H.R. 4167), 4043 [8MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4487, amend the Public Health Service Act relative to State offices of rural health and extend the National Health Service Corps, 26030 [26SE]

———H.R. 5268, making appropriations for rural development, agriculture, and related agencies, 25711 [25SE]

Articles and editorials

Cancer Research Gains Foothold Here—Peoria Program Puts Newest Cures Within Patient's Reach, 30096 [17OC]

Land Is Ours To Protect for Our Children and Grandchildren, 15720 [26JN]

Liberate America's Other Economy, 15511 [25JN]

Spread of AIDS In Rural Areas Testing Georgia—Health Officials Faced With Tough Choices, 8657 [27AP]

Students Are Strength of Rural Schools, 10406 [15MY]

Swift, Strong Action Needed To Preserve Our Farmland, 13267 [6JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: extend and revise Federal programs (see S. 2830)

Drug abuse: funding for rural law enforcement agencies to combat drug-related crime (see H.R. 5244)

Economic conditions: improve through diversification (see H.R. 3997)

Education: improve rural school systems (see H.R. 4576)

Fairness in Rural Health Care Act: enact (see S. 2438)

Farms for the Future Act: enact (see S. 2431)

Fire fighters: mobilization of rural forces to deal with certain wildfires (see H.R. 3955)

Ground water: resource and quality control projects (see H.R. 4913)

Health: educating individuals to serve as health care professionals (see H.R. 5888)

———improve services (see S. 3158)

———Public Health Service Act allotment formulas relating to urban and rural areas (see H.R. 5289)

Medicare: amend certain provisions relative to federally qualified health center services and rural health clinic services (see H.R. 4233)

———coverage of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services in rural areas (see H.R. 4483)

———eliminate reimbursement differential between rural and urban hospitals (see S. 2214)

———eliminate reimbursement differential between rural and urban hospitals (H.R. 4274) (see H.R. 4274)

———equalize the standardized amounts paid to hospitals in rural and urban areas (see H.R. 4481)

———nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services (see H.R. 4041)

Medicare/medicaid: improve the delivery of services at federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see S. 2538)

National Angel Plane Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 259)

National Fire Forces Mobilization Act: enact (see S. 2353)

Postal Service: effect of system on rural areas (see H. Res. 421)

Public Health Service Act: amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health (see H.R. 4482)

———amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health and extend the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 4487)

———amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health and extend the National Health Service Corps (H.R. 4487), authorize duplicate official papers (see S. Con. Res. 157)

Railroads: abandonment of railroad cars and the shortage of grain cars in rural areas (see S. 3054; H.R. 5637)

Rural Air Service Preservation Act: enact (see S. 2347)

Rural Business Revitalization Act: enact (see S. 2348)

Rural development, agriculture, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5268)

Rural Health and Safety Education Act: enact (see S. 2188)

Rural Health Care Provider Recruitment and Education Act: enact (see S. 2844)

Rural Rental Housing Affordability Act: enact (see S. 2236)

Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 598)

Rural Telephone Bank: increase the per diem rate for members of the board of directors (see H.R. 4988)

Small business: promote growth and economic development (see H.R. 4816)

Small Community Environmental Assistance Act: enact (see S. 2184)

State Offices of Rural Health Act: enact (see S. 2187)

Taxation: tax-exempt bonds issued to provide electric power facilities for rural areas (see H.R. 4870)

Telecommunications: affordable advanced services (see H.R. 4068)

Water: ground water resource and quality control projects (see H.R. 4913)

Commentaries

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome in rural areas, 3542 [6MR]

Factsheets

Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 5268), 17877 [18JY]

Letters

Employer sanctions relative to illegal aliens: Representatives Richardson, Torres, Bustamante, and Matsui, 17586 [16JY]

Medicare financing of medium-sized hospitals: T.M. Johnson, 6655 [4AP]

Medicare reimbursement of nurse services in rural areas: New Mexico Nurse Practitioner Council, 2274 [21FE]

Rural Economic Development Act: Dept. of Justice, 5011 [22MR]

Motions

Rural development, agriculture, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5268), 31962-31964 [22OC]

Rural Partnerships Act: enact (S. 1036), 5484 [27MR]

Papers

National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, 17582-17585 [16JY]

Petitions

Western Rural Telephone Association, 16897 [11JY]

Poems

``In Balance With Nature,'' John Carew, 29026 [15OC]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: Conservation Reserve Program budget, 25440 [24SE]

———proportional distribution of Federal contracts among states, 4436 [15MR]

Crime and criminals: improve rural drug enforcement, 27722-27724 [5OC]

Drug abuse: antidrug task force funding, 27348-27351 [3OC]

Education: promote use of telecommunications technology in rural areas, 5221 [22MR]

Farmers Home Administration: disposal of vacant housing, 20822 [31JY]

———housing appraisals, 20823 [31JY]

Fire fighters: mobilization of rural forces to deal with certain wildfires (H.R. 3955), 1277 [6FE]

Ground water: resource and quality control projects (H.R. 4913), 12235 [24MY]

House of Representatives: newsletters to constituents, 17510 [16JY]

Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission: report, 10420 [15MY]

Macomb County, MI: tribute to Job Training Partnership Act alumni, 23117 [15AU]

Medicare: amend certain provisions relative to to federally qualified health center services and rural health clinic services (H.R. 4233), 4043 [8MR]

———coverage of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services in rural areas (H.R. 4483), 20252 [27JY]

———eliminate reimbursement differential between rural and urban hospitals (H.R. 4274), 4383 [14MR]

———equalize the standardized amounts paid to hospitals in rural and urban areas (H.R. 4481), 6839 [4AP]

———financing of medium-sized hospitals, 6655 [4AP]

———nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services (H.R. 4041), 2260, 2273 [21FE]

———reimbursement to rural health care providers, 2618 [26FE]

Northern Telecom, Inc.: Capitol Hill seminar, 27158 [2OC]

Postal Service: effect of system on rural areas (H. Res. 421), 15376 [22JN]

———tax equity for rural mail carriers, 12571 [24MY]

Public Health Service Act: amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health and extend the National Health Service Corps (H.R. 4487), 6850, 6868 [4AP], 17579-17582 [16JY], 20404-20414, 20459 [30JY]

———amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health and extend the National Health Service Corps (H.R. 4487), appointment of conferees, 26030 [26SE]

———amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health and extend the National Health Service Corps (H.R. 4487), conference report, 35099-35103 [26OC]

REA: prevent interagency disputes with Federal Financing Bank from disrupting loan guarantee programs, 2886 [28FE]

Rural development, agriculture, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5268), 17863 [18JY], 17880 [20JY]-17913 [18JY], 28604 [11OC], 30958 [18OC], 31094 [19OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5268), conference report, 31480 [20OC], 31949-31964 [22OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5268), conference report—amendments in disagreement, 31962 [22OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5268), filing conference report, 31100 [19OC]

Rural Economic Development Act: enact (H.R. 3581), 3633 [7MR], 4335 [14MR], 4345 [15MR]-4346 [14MR], 4419, 4420, 4421-4452 [15MR], 5008 [22MR], 5017 [26MR]-5018 [22MR], 5221 [22MR], 5498 [27MR], 5801 [28MR]

———enact (H.R. 3581), authorizing technical corrections, 5019 [22MR]

———enact (H.R. 3581), consideration (H. Res. 355), 4331-4334 [14MR]

Rural Health Care Coalition: legislative initiatives, 6652 [4AP]

Rural Partnerships Act: enact (S. 1036), 5464 [27MR]

Rural Small Business Week: designate (H.J. Res. 598), 13830 [13JN]

Small business: development programs, 3838 [8MR]

———promote growth and economic development (H.R. 4816), 10584-10586 [15MY]

Telecommunications: affordable advanced services (H.R. 4068), 2882 [27FE]

———impact of technology on rural area services delivery, 27158 [2OC]

Telephones: improvement of services (H.R. 3564), 33344 [23OC]

Water: ground water resource and quality control projects (H.R. 4913), 12235 [24MY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Transportation: essential air space program, 23384 [15AU]

Diseases: support services to individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome in rural areas and on Indian reservations, 10341 [15MY]

Economic conditions: rural and urban poverty, 15511 [25JN]

Fairness in Rural Health Care Act: enact (S. 2438), 7087 [5AP]

Farms for the Future Act: enact (S. 2431), 7078 [5AP]

Health: clinical laboratory regulation, 27463 [4OC]

———improve medical care, 33913 [25OC]

———improve services (S. 3158), 27481 [4OC]

Medical College of Wisconsin: rural health information and technology initiative, 25236 [20SE]

Medicare: eliminate reimbursement differential between rural and urban hospitals (S. 2214), 3191-3193 [1MR], 3289 [5MR]

Medicare/medicaid: improve the delivery of services at federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (S. 2538), 8659 [27AP]

Mental health: care, 11286 [21MY]

National Angel Plane Week: designate (S.J. Res. 259), 2226 [21FE]

National Fire Forces Mobilization Act: enact (S. 2353), 5649 [28MR]

Public Health Service Act: amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health and extend the National Health Service Corps (H.R. 4487), authorize duplicate official papers (S. Con. Res. 157), 35450 [26OC]

———amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health and extend the National Health Service Corps (H.R. 4487), conference report, 35769-35772 [26OC]

———amend provisions relative to State offices of rural health and extend the National Health Service Corps (H.R. 4487), insert text of S. 2617 in lieu, 23459 [4AU]

Railroads: abandonment of railroad cars and the shortage of grain cars in rural areas (S. 3054), 24596 [14SE]

REA: telephone progam, 36241 [27OC]

Roads and highways: decay in rural areas, 4094 [9MR]

Rural Air Service Preservation Act: enact (S. 2347), 5412 [27MR], 5936 [29MR]

Rural Business Revitalization Act: enact (S. 2348), 5413 [27MR]

Rural development, agriculture, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5268), 25222-25237 [20SE], 25708-25711 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5268), conference report, 31889, 31890 [22OC], 35788 [26OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5268), conference report-amendments in disagreement, 31890 [22OC]

Rural Health and Safety Education Act: enact (S. 2188), 2810-2811 [27FE]

Rural Health Care Provider Recruitment and Education Act: enact (S. 2844), 17180-17183 [12JY], 17433 [13JY]

Rural Rental Housing Affordability Act: enact (S. 2236), 3528 [6MR]

Small Community Environmental Assistance Act: enact (S. 2184), 2804, 2808 [27FE], 3026 [28FE]

Social Security: eliminate reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas (S. 2019), 200 [23JA]

State Offices of Rural Health Act: enact (S. 2187), 2810-2811 [27FE]

Volunteer workers: provide equal opportunities, 3127 [1MR]

Reports

Impact of Excise Taxes on Rural Americans: Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. and James E. Long, 12301 [24MY]

Reports by conference committees

Public Health Service Act Provisions Relative to State Office of Rural Health and Extend the National Health Service Corps (H.R. 4487), 34406-34418 [25OC]

Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 5268), 31542-31657 [20OC]

Reports filed

Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 5268) (H. Rept. 101-907, 31658 [20OC]

Columbiana County, OH, Included in Appalachian Region: Committee on Environment and Public Works (H.R. 435), 25918 [26SE]

Consideration of H.R. 1180, Amend Certain Provisions Relative to Housing, Community and Neighborhood Development and Preservation, and Related Programs: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 435) (H. Rept. 101-601), 17492 [13JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3581, Rural Economic Development Act: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 355) (H. Rept. 101-416), 3836, 3855 [8MR]

Federal Agricultural Aid Programs: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 2830) (S. Rept. 101-357), 16762 [10JY]

Public Health Service Act Amendment Relative to State Offices of Rural Health and To Extend the National Health Service Corps: committee of conference (S. 4887) (S. Rept. 101-945), 34452 [25OC]

Public Works and Economic Development Act Amendments and Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments: Committee on Environment and Public Works (H.R. 2015) (S. Rept. 101-514), 28225 [10OC]

Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies, Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 5268) (H. Rept. 101-598), 17492 [13JY]

Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 5268) (S. Rept. 101-468), 25070 [19SE]

Rural Economic Development Act: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 3581) (H. Rept. 101-415), 3667 [7MR]

State Offices of Rural Health and the National Health Service Corps: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4487) (H. Rept. 101-642), 20548 [30JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Rural Tourism: Cindy Dickmeyer, 19098 [24JY]

Statements

Rural Delta Airport Improvements: Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission, 17246 [12JY]

Summaries

Farms for the Future Act (S. 2431), 7078 [5AP]

Ground Water Management and Water Quality Control Act (H.R. 4913), 12235 [24MY]

National Health Service Corps Revitalization Act (H.R. 4487), 6869 [4AP]

Public Health Service Act Amendment Provisions Relative to State Offices of Rural Health and Extension of the National Health Service Corps (H.R. 4487), 17585 [16JY]

Small Community Environmental Assistance Act (S. 2184), 2808 [27FE]

Tables

FCIC gains and losses, 17886 [18JY]

Reductions in major agricultural programs under the proposed across-the-board cuts, 17899 [18JY]

Rural development, agriculture, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5268), 31951-31956 [22OC]

Testimonies

REA Budget: Cheryl Borth, 914 [31JA]

Texts of

H. Res. 355, consideration of H.R. 3581, Rural Economic Development Act, 4331 [14MR]

H.R. 3581, Rural Economic Development Act, 4422-4431 [15MR], 5484-5497 [27MR]

H.R. 4487, amend Public Health Service Act provisions relative to State offices of rural health and extend the National Health Service Corps, 20404-20410 [30JY]

H.R. 5268, making rural development, agriculture, and related agencies appropriations, 17881-17885 [18JY]

H.R. 5268, rural development, agriculture, and related agencies appropriations, 25222-25262 [20SE]

S. 1036, Rural Partnerships Act, 5464-5484 [27MR]

S. 2019, eliminate Social Security reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas, 200 [23JA]

S. 2184, Small Community Environmental Assistance Act, 2806-2808 [27FE]

S. 2187, State Offices of Rural Health Act, 2810 [27FE]

S. 2188, Rural Health and Safety Education Act, 2811 [27FE]

S. 2236, Rural Rental Housing Affordability Act, 3528 [6MR]

S. 2347, Rural Air Service Preservation Act, 5412 [27MR]

S. 2348, Rural Business Revitalization Act, 5413-5416 [27MR]

S. 2438, Fairness in Rural Health Care Act, 7088 [5AP]

S. 2844, Rural Health Care Provider Recruitment and Education Act, 17181 [12JY]

S. Con. Res. 157, authorizing duplicate official papers for H.R. 4487, amending provisions relative to State offices of rural health and extending the National Health Service Corps, 35451, 35861 [26OC]

S.J. Res. 259, National Angel Plane Week, 2226 [21FE]