RURAL AREAS related term(s) Agriculture; Suburban areas; Urban Areas

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), S11206, S11248 [29JY], S11270, S11278, S11280, S11281, S11283, S11290, S11379, S11380 [30JY], H5176, H5178, H5179, H5181, H5187, H5190 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report, S14763 [16OC]

Analyses

Comprehensive Health Care Act (S. 314), S1388 [31JA]

Health Care Services to Medically Underserved Areas (S. 773), S4127 [22MR]

Military Base Closure Amendment to H.R. 2521, Dept. of Defense Appropriations, S13807 [26SE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2698, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations, S11298 [30JY], H6730 [24SE]

Articles and editorials

Open Line—Federal Subsidies Flow to Rural Phone Firms That Have Lots of Cash, S11291-S11293 [30JY]

Outdoor Cathedral—Big Thicket Trails Offer Natural Tranquility, E2751 [29JY]

REA Lists Rich Phone Concerns Assisted by U.S., S11291 [30JY]

REA's Show Why System Remains So Important, E3885 [18NO]

Small Town Triumph, S17503 [21NO]

Staying on in Gould, E3132 [24SE]

Success Stories From Small-Town Illinois, S10463 [18JY]

U.S. Unnecessarily Lent $844 Million to Health Electric Co-Op, S11293 [30JY]

War Drains Staffs at Rural Hospitals, S1764 [7FE]

We Just Be Hicks, S13726 [25SE]

When the Nearest Doctor is Across the Chesapeake Bay, H6277 [1AU]

Bills and resolutions

Aeronautics: multiyear contracts to provide small community air service (see S. 92, S436 [14JA])

———transport of victims of medical emergencies (see S. 480, S2309 [26FE]; H.R. 1158, H1279 [27FE])

Agriculture: credit assistance to qualified beginning farmers or ranchers (see S. 1835, S14839 [16OC])

———modify haying and grazing provisions (see H.R. 2754, H5049 [25JN])

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2698, H4866 [20JN])

Big Thicket National Preserve: increase size (see H.R. 1592, H2015 [21MR])

Business and industry: establish development investment zones (see H.R. 1445, H1774 [14MR])

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 1335, S8309 [20JN])

Ecology and environment: assist small communities in construction of ecological facilities (see S. 729, S3929 [21MR])

———assistance to small towns with facilities and compliance activities (see H.R. 3609, H8187 [22OC])

———establish a small community environmental compliance planning program (see S. 1226, S7169 [5JN]; H.R. 3246, H6383 [2AU])

Education: financial assistance to rural agencies (see H.R. 2819, H5266 [27JN])

Farmers: protection from severe financial losses resulting from failure of a grain warehouse facility (see S. 460, S2146 [21FE])

Federal aid programs: housing, education, and employment grants to urban and rural communities (see H.R. 501, H385 [11JA])

Health: access to telecommunications systems used to provide medical information to rural care providers (see H.R. 2232, H2810 [7MY])

———air transport of rural victims of medical emergencies (see H.R. 2234, H2810 [7MY])

———analysis of urban and rural area health statistics (see H.R. 2238, H2811 [7MY])

———grants for improving the availability and quality of health care services (see H.R. 3504, H7380 [3OC])

———improve benefits and tax incentives for insurance purchases (see S. 314, S1367 [31JA])

———provide incentives to health care providers and establish State health service corps demonstration projects (see S. 1125, S6355 [22MY])

———reauthorize rural programs (see S. 1479, S10135 [16JY])

———reduce infant mortality by improving services to pregnant women in rural areas (see H.R. 2229, H2810 [7MY])

———rural medical education projects (see H.R. 2233, H2810 [7MY]; H.R. 2236, H2810 [7MY]

Health care: programs (see S. 1597, S11550 [31JY])

Health care facilities: exempt from antitrust laws, certain activities entered into by hospitals in low population areas (see H.R. 2406, H3279 [20MY])

———extension of regional referral center classifications (see S. 2083, S18335 [26NO])

Health care professionals: establish nursing school clinics to serve rural areas and Native Americans (see S. 897, S4837 [23AP])

———incentives for physicians to practice in rural areas (see H.R. 2230, H2810 [7MY])

———incentives to serve medically underserved groups (see H.R. 2877, H5432 [11JY])

———increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories serving rural areas (see H.R. 2405, H3279 [20MY])

———tax treatment of student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas (see S. 1401, S8952 [27JN]; S. 1419, S8952 [27JN]

Housing: extend certain rural programs (see S. 1431, S9116 [28JN])

———low-income and rural housing programs (see H.R. 3483, H7379 [3OC])

Law enforcement: crime and drug control (see S. 1313, S8014 [18JN]; H.R. 2959, H5650 [18JY])

Local governments: community adjustment assistance program for areas facing economic distress (see H.R. 171, H58 [3JA])

Medicaid: provide health care services to medically underserved areas (see S. 773, S4116 [22MR])

Medicare: exclude rural areas from payment reductions (see S. 717, S3928 [21MR])

———geographic classification requirements (see S. 1834, S14839 [16OC])

———hospital wage index reductions relative to hospital reclassifications (see H.R. 3309, H6455 [11SE])

———inpatient hospital services relative to wage index (see S. 1852, S14976 [22OC])

———minimum payment levels for rural referral centers (see S. 2084, S18335 [26NO])

Mid-Dakota rural water system project: authorize planning and construction (see S. 702, S3712 [20MR])

Military bases: minimize impact of closures on local communities (see S. 1300, S7868 [14JN])

National forests: stability of communities dependent on outputs of timber and other resources (see H.R. 1309, H1456 [6MR])

Poverty: training youth in education and employment skills and expand housing opportunities (see S. 1100, S6107 [17MY])

Public Health Service: establish Office of Rural Mental Health (see H.R. 2237, H2810 [7MY])

Public Health Service Act: clarify allotment formulas relating to urban and rural areas (see H.R. 425, H83 [4JA])

Railroads: improve rural and short line services (see S. 641, S3190 [13MR]; H.R. 1425, H1758 [13MR])

Refuse disposal: exempt rural communities from EPA landfill requirements (see H.R. 3502, H7379 [3OC])

Roads and highways: programs (see H. Con. Res. 164, H4186 [7JN])

———65-mile-per-hour speed limit demonstration project availability (see H.R. 2529, H3854 [4JN])

Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H891 [5FE])

Rural Tourism Development Foundation: establish (see H. Res. 209, H6138 [30JY])

Senior citizens: assist older individuals who reside in rural areas (see H.R. 2020, H2468 [23AP])

———assistance to individuals residing in rural areas (see S. 1589, S11371 [30JY])

———establish separate long-term care ombudsman and transportation programs (see S. 1481, S10135 [16JY])

Skagit County, WA: construct facilities on public land for plant materials (see S. 375, S1699 [6FE]; H.R. 1437, H1758 [13MR])

Social Security: provide access to services for medically underserved populations (see H.R. 1802, H2260 [16AP])

Taxation: allow student loan deductions for physicians relative to the practice of medicine in rural communities (see S. 104, S437 [14JA])

———establish enterprise zones (see S. 686, S3564 [19MR]; S. 1032, S5614 [9MY])

———treatment of interest income and rental expense relative to safe harbor leases involving rural electric cooperatives (see S. 873, S4737 [18AP]; H.R. 720, H823 [30JA])

Tax-exempt organizations: deny status for certain rural electric cooperatives (see H.R. 1355, H1473 [7MR])

Tourist trade: assist development of public lands for travel and recreational purposes (see S. 540, S2618 [5MR])

———establish a rural tourism development foundation (see S. 1233, S7290 [6JN])

Transportation: improve air service to small communities (see H.R. 2268, H2901 [8MY])

———study special services to health care facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 2928, H5595 [17JY])

Urban Mass Transportation Act: allocation to rural areas (see H.R. 1325, H1472 [7MR])

Veterans: mobile health care clinic program for individuals in rural areas (see S. 1424, S9116 [28JN])

———rural mobile health care clinic program (see H.R. 3959, H11886 [26NO])

Water: authorize the planning and construction of the Mid-Dakota rural water system (see H.R. 616, H683 [23JA])

———rural domestic and municipal water supply projects (see H.R. 255, H77 [4JA])

Welk, Lawrence: repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace (see H.R. 772, H839 [31JA])

Descriptions

Hospital wage index reductions relative to hospital reclassifications (H.R. 3309), E2997 [12SE]

Small Community Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Act (S. 729), S3953 [21MR]

Explanations

Enterprise Zone Jobs-Creation Act (S. 1032), S5641 [9MY]

Factsheets

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2698): Committee on Appropriations (House), H5165 [26JN]

Conference Report to H.R. 2698, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations, H7587 [8OC]

Letters

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations: Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, H5157 [26JN]

———several organizations concerned with rural economic development, S14760 [16OC]

———several rural housing organizations, H5158 [26JN]

Federal payments relative to State medicaid expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes: Senator Wallop, S18195 [26NO]

Military base closure impact on local communities: GSA, S13807 [26SE]

REA: Sully Buttes Telephone Cooperative, Inc., S4308 [11AP]

Rural Crime and Drug Control Act: Senator Pryor, S8015 [18JN]

Rural Health Innovation Demonstration Act: National Rural Health Association, S11555 [31JY]

———Oregon Association of Hospitals, S11555 [31JY]

———Oregon Dept. of Human Resources, S11556 [31JY]

———Oregon Health Sciences University, S11555 [31JY]

———Oregon Nurses Association, S11555 [31JY]

Rural Primary Care Act: Senators Packwood and Pryor, S6366 [22MY]

Satellite broadcasting rights: National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, E3181 [26SE]

———Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association, E3180 [26SE]

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: Dept. of Transportation, S8075 [19JN]

Lists

Youthbuild Coalition members, S6114 [17MY]

Manifestoes

Bipartisan Congressional Caucus for National Health Care Reform, H6285 [1AU]

Memorandums

Military Base Closures, S13808 [26SE]

Memorials of legislature

Illinois, S16846 [15NO], H6456 [11SE]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H7590, H7591, H7592, H7593, H7594, H7595 [8OC]

Press releases

Formation of Bipartisan Congressional Caucus for National Health Care Reform, H6286 [1AU]

Remarks in House

Aeronautics: transport of victims of medical emergencies (H.R. 1158), E681 [28FE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), H5153, H5171-H5191 [26JN], E2455 [9JY], E2489 [11JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conferees appointed, H6730 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report, H7572-H7590 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H7590-H7595 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), permission to file reports, H7373 [3OC]

Big Thicket National Preserve: increase size (H.R. 1592), H11092-H11094 [23NO], E2751 [29JY]

Business and industry: establish development investment zones (H.R. 1445), E964 [14MR]

Community service: Christmas in April project, H2406 [23AP]

Crime: establish grants to assist law enforcement agencies, H8163-H8164 [22OC]

———funds for law enforcement agencies, H716 [29JA]

Education: financial assistance to rural agencies (H.R. 2819), E2438 [27JN]

FTC: position on hospital mergers in rural settings, E3061 [17SE]

Gould, AR: tribute to St. Elizabeth Health Center, E3132 [24SE]

Health care: access to and delivery of services, H3631 [29MY], H6145 [31JY], H6268-H6278 [1AU], E2911, E2918, E2928 [2AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H6278-H6290 [1AU]

Health care professionals: incentives to serve medically underserved groups (H.R. 2877), E2502 [11JY]

Housing: low-income and rural housing programs (H.R. 3483), H7423 [3OC]

Kentucky: impact of medicaid regulation on rural health services, E3590 [30OC]

Law enforcement: crime and drug control (H.R. 2959), E2625 [19JY], E2657 [23JY]

Medicare: hospital wage index reductions relative to hospital reclassifications (H.R. 3309), E2996 [12SE]

New Hampshire: rural health care, E3440 [17OC]

Pennsylvania Grange Week: observance, E1332 [18AP]

Postal Service: closing of smaller offices, E1283 [17AP]

Public welfare: hunger assistance, H5602 [18JY]

Railroads: improve rural and short line services (H.R. 1425), E931 [14MR]

REA: appropriations, E2489 [11JY]

———lending programs, E3885 [18NO]

Roads and highways: 65-mile-per-hour speed limit demonstration project availability (H.R. 2529), E2046 [5JN]

Rural Development Administration: establish, H5187-H5189 [26JN]

Rural Small Business Week: designate (H.J. Res. 108), E424 [5FE]

Rural Tourism Development Foundation: establish (H. Res. 209), E2905 [2AU]

Satellite Home Viewer's Rights Act: enact (H.R. 3420), E3180 [26SE]

SBA: funding for rural programs, H4457 [13JN]

Senior citizens: assist older individuals who reside in rural areas (H.R. 2020), E1407 [23AP]

Transportation: improve air service to small communities (H.R. 2268), E1711 [9MY]

———study special services to health care facilities in rural areas (H.R. 2928), E2722 [25JY]

Veterans: rural mobile health care clinic program (H.R. 3959), E4199 [26NO]

Welk, Lawrence: repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace, H1538-H1541 [7MR]

———repeal authority to use appropriations for rural development grants for the restoration of birthplace (H.R. 772), H1286 [28FE], E1121 [22MR]

Westchester County, NY: Healthy Neighborhoods Program anniversary, E2378 [26JN]

Remarks in Senate

Aeronautics: multiyear contracts to provide small community air service (S. 92), S741 [14JA]

———transport of victims of medical emergencies (S. 480), S2310 [26FE]

Agriculture: credit assistance to qualified beginning farmers or ranchers (S. 1835), S14842 [16OC]

———international trade and jobs, S15821-S15823 [4NO]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), S11050 [26JY], S11193, S11205-S11207 [29JY], S11270, S11275, S11280-S11298, S11356 [30JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), conference report, S14758-S14764 [16OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2698), unanimous-consent agreement, S11205, S11214 [29JY]

Cooperatives: electric and telephone, S8080-S8082 [19JN]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1335), S8310 [20JN]

Eastern North Carolina Poverty Committee: tribute, S11993 [2AU]

Ecology and environment: assist small communities in construction of ecological facilities (S. 729), S3948, S3953, S3954 [21MR]

———establish a small community environmental compliance planning program, S14888-S14891 [17OC]

———establish a small community environmental compliance planning program (S. 1226), S7172-S7175 [5JN]

———protection of forests and rural communities in the Pacific Northwest, S18167, S18168 [26NO]

Farmers: protection from severe financial losses resulting from failure of a grain warehouse facility (S. 460), S2177 [21FE]

Health: access to and delivery of services, S14313 [3OC]

———improve benefits and tax incentives for insurance purchases (S. 314), S1379 [31JA]

———provide incentives to health care providers and establish State health service corps demonstration projects (S. 1125), S6362 [22MY]

———reauthorize rural programs (S. 1479), S10138, S10139 [16JY], S10549 [22JY]

Health care: programs (S. 1597), S11552 [31JY]

Health care facilities: extension of regional referral center classifications (S. 2083), S18400 [26NO]

Health care professionals: establish nursing school clinics to serve rural areas and Native Americans (S. 897), S4865 [23AP]

———tax treatment of student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas (S. 1401), S8960, S8961 [27JN]

———tax treatment of student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas (S. 1419), S9005, S9006 [27JN]

Housing: extend certain rural programs (S. 1431), S9135 [28JN]

Illinois: small-town success stories, S10463 [18JY]

Investments and development: encourage, S17776, S17777 [22NO]

Law enforcement: crime and drug control, S8280 [20JN]

———crime and drug control (S. 1313), S8014, S8016, S8017 [18JN], S8238 [20JN]

———crime prevention, S9041 [28JN]

Medicaid: provide health care services to medically underserved areas (S. 773), S4125, S4128 [22MR]

Medicare: exclude rural areas from payment reductions (S. 717), S3930, S3931 [21MR]

———geographic adjustment of physicians' fees, S18194, S18195 [26NO]

———minimum payment levels for rural referral centers (S. 2084), S18400 [26NO]

Mental health: delivery of services to the rural elderly, S12850 [12SE]

Mid-Dakota rural water system project: authorize planning and construction (S. 702), S3732 [20MR]

Military bases: minimize impact of closures on local communities, S13801-S13809 [26SE], S13943 [27SE]

———minimize impact of closures on local communities (S. 1300), S7869 [14JN]

Postal Service: subsidies for rural area deliveries, S9767-S9778 [11JY]

Poverty: training youth in education and employment skills and expand housing opportunities (S. 1100), S6111 [17MY], S18538 [26NO]

Railroads: improve rural and short line services (S. 641), S3266 [13MR]

REA: activities, S4308 [11AP]

———eligibility criteria for loan applications, S11289-S11294, S11295, S11297 [30JY]

Rural Technical Assistance Program: establish, S7565 [12JN]

Senior citizens: assistance to individuals residing in rural areas (S. 1589), S11373 [30JY]

———establish separate long-term care ombudsman and transportation programs (S. 1481), S10140 [16JY]

Taxation: allow student loan deductions for physicians relative to the practice of medicine in rural communities (S. 104), S748 [14JA]

———establish enterprise zones (S. 686), S3578 [19MR]

———establish enterprise zones (S. 1032), S5636, S5643-S5645 [9MY], S9721 [10JY]

———treatment of interest income and rental expense relative to safe harbor leases involving rural electric cooperatives (S. 873), S4764 [18AP]

———treatment of student loans of health care professionals relative to practicing in a rural community (S. 1419), S9005, S9006 [27JN]

Tourist trade: assist development of public lands for travel and recreational purposes (S. 540), S7564 [12JN]

———establish a rural tourism development foundation (S. 1233), S7311 [6JN]

Transportation: funding for rural areas, S8100 [19JN]

Veterans: mobile health care clinic program for individuals in rural areas (S. 1424), S9125 [28JN]

Weiser, ID: solution to rural health care problem, S17503 [21NO]

Welk, Lawrence: restoration of birthplace, S4108 [22MR]

Reports

Fighting Rural Poverty: Eastern North Carolina Poverty Committee, S11993-S11996 [2AU]

Health Care in New Hampshire: New Hampshire Committee to Study Rural Health Care, E3441 [17OC]

Reports by conference committees

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2698), H7503-H7518 [3OC]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2698) (S. Rept. 102-116), S10675 [23JY]

———committee of conference (H.R. 2698) (H. Rept. 102-239), H7379 [3OC]

Agriculture Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2698) (H. Rept. 102-119), H4866 [20JN]

Increasing the Size of the Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1592) (H. Rept. 102-352), H10929 [22NO]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2698), H5177 [26JN]

Statements

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2698): OMB, H5156 [26JN]

Hospital Mergers in Rural Settings: Representative Slattery, E3061 [17SE]

Rural and Electric Telephone Cooperatives: Senator Durenberger, S8081 [19JN]

Summaries

Health Service Access and Improvement Act (H.R. 2877), E2502 [11JY]

Rural Development Investment Zone Act (H.R. 1445), E964 [14MR]

Rural Primary Care Act (S. 1125), S6366 [22MY]

Separate Long-Term Care Ombudsman and Transportation Programs for Senior Citizens (S. 1481), S10151 [16JY]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations, S14761 [16OC], H7573-H7579 [8OC]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies (H.R. 2698), S11274 [30JY]

Enterprise zones comparison of Rostenkowski and administration proposals, S5642 [9MY]

Farmers Home Administration loan and grant levels, H5158 [26JN]

Geographic practice cost indices by medicare carrier locality, S18195 [26NO]

Texts of

H. Res. 209, establish the Rural Tourism Development Foundation, E2905 [2AU]

H.R. 1592, increase Big Thicket National Preserve size, H11092 [23NO]

H.R. 2698, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations, S11193-S11205 [29JY]

H.R. 2877, Health Service Access and Improvement Act, E2503 [11JY]

S. 92, multiyear contracts to provide small community air service, S741 [14JA]

S. 104, allow student loan tax deductions for physicians relative to the practice of medicine in rural communities, S749 [14JA]

S. 314, Comprehensive Health Care Act, S1381-S1388 [31JA]

S. 460, State Grain Fund Protection Act, S2178 [21FE]

S. 686, Rural Business Revitalization Act, S3578-S3582 [19MR]

S. 702, authorize planning and construction of mid-Dakota rural water system project, S3733 [20MR]

S. 717, exclude rural areas from medicare payment reductions, S3931 [21MR]

S. 729, Small Community Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Act, S3949-S3953 [21MR]

S. 773, health care services to medically underserved areas, S4126 [22MR]

S. 873, tax treatment of interest income and rental expense relative to safe harbor leases involving rural electric cooperatives, S4764 [18AP]

S. 1032, Enterprise Zone Jobs-Creation Act, S5636-S5641 [9MY]

S. 1100, Youthbuild Act, S6112-S6114 [17MY]

S. 1125, provide incentives to health care providers serving rural areas and establish State health service corps demonstration projects, S6363-S6366 [22MY]

S. 1226, Small Town Environmental Planning Act, S7172-S7174 [5JN]

S. 1233, Rural Tourism Development Foundation Act, S7312 [6JN]

S. 1300, Impacted Communities Assistance Act, S7869 [14JN]

S. 1313, Rural Crime and Drug Control Act, S8015 [18JN]

S. 1335, Strategy To Eliminate Crime in the Urban and Rural Environment Act, S8311-S8331 [20JN]

S. 1401, tax treatment of medical student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas, S8960 [27JN]

S. 1424, mobile health care clinic program for veterans in rural areas, S9126 [28JN]

S. 1479, reauthorize rural health programs, S10139 [16JY]

S. 1481, establish separate long-term care ombudsman and transportation programs for rural senior citizens, S10141-S10151 [16JY]

S. 1589, assistance to senior citizens residing in rural areas, S11373 [30JY]

S. 1597, Rural Health Innovation Demonstration Act, S11553 [31JY]