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

Addresses

Private Property Rights and Farm Profitability: Joyce Spicher, Women in Farming Economics (organization), S7309 [15JN]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2493), S9400, S9401, S9404, S9408, S9415, S9416, S9417, S9420, S9423, S9431, S9433, S9451, S9452, S9453, S9454, S9455, S9456, S9459 [26JY], S9562 [27JY], S12366, S12454 [23SE], H4201, H4203, H4204, H4213, H4217, H4221, H4226, H4230, H4233, H4240, H4243, H4244 [29JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), conference report, S12371, S12372 [23SE]

Analyses

Rural Land Conservation Act (S. 1013), S6366 [24MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2493, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S9477 [27JY], H5616 [2AU]

Articles and editorials

Dawson Springs, S7646 [22JN]

Europe Wants What Midwest Has To Offer, S5514 [5MY]

Fancy Farm, S10599 [5AU]

Florence, S2562 [9MR]

Glendale, S3073 [17MR]

Government-Backed Fund Leaves Rural Buyers in Lurch, S6580 [26MY]

Hawesville, S2508 [5MR]

Midway, S4439-S4441 [2AP]

Ranchers Want an Apology From Interior Chief Babbitt, S15403 [9NO]

Ride 'Em Cowboy, S15403 [9NO]

Riding a Strange Horse, S15402 [9NO]

Speaker—Rural Is ``In'', S5514 [5MY]

Waddy/Peytona—Highway That Separates Towns Also Gives Them Equal Billing, S2849 [11MR]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: crop disaster assistance (see H.R. 2631), H4680 [14JY]

———extend crop disaster assistance (see S. 1251; H.R. 2579), S8821 [15JY], H4505 [1JY]

———health care of farm families (see H.R. 192), H105 [6JA]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 2493), H4011 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), consideration (see H. Res. 260), H7171 [28SE]

Airlines, airports, and aeronautics: improve air service to small communities (see H.R. 469), H114 [7JA]

Alabama: include additional counties in the definition of Appalachian region (see H.R. 2827), H5662 [2AU]

Census: use of latest available data relative to below poverty urban, rural, and farm populations (see S. 306; H.R. 753), S1148 [3FE], H481 [3FE]

Community service: establish program (see S. 1127), S7495 [17JN]

Economy: definition relative to eligibility for economic recovery assistance (see S. 1508), S12850 [30SE]

———enterprise development and private investment in economically distressed urban and rural areas (see S. 244, 393), S774 [27JA], S1888 [18FE]

———recognize importance (see H.J. Res. 133), H1046 [4MR]

Education: financial assistance for rural education (see H.R. 1687), H1881 [2AP]

———financial assistance to rural local educational agencies (see S. 1472), S12029 [20SE]

Employment: emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation (see S. 309), S1383 [4FE]

EPA: grants to assist colonias relative to wastewater disposal (see S. 1286, 1364; H.R. 2545, 2736), S9443 [26JY], S10565 [5AU], H4181 [28JN], H5107 [26JY]

Federal aid programs: assistance to distressed communities (see H.R. 1338), H1236 [15MR]

———eligibility for economic recovery funds (see H.R. 3172), H7262 [29SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: reauthorize water pollution control programs (see H.R. 1544), H1739 [30MR]

Financial institutions: exempt certain small depository institutions from the Community Reinvestment Act requirements (see H.R. 2996), H6380 [6AU]

———self-certification and paperwork reduction for certain rural banks (see S. 1698), S16432 [19NO]

Flood control: study adequacy of current measures for upper Mississippi River (see S. 1407; H.R. 2931), S10840 [6AU], H6378 [6AU]

Health: development of health care network technology (see S. 1088), S7089 [10JN]

———development of rural telemedicine (see H.R. 3070, 3249), H6757 [14SE], H7670 [7OC]

———grants for air transport of medical emergency victims (see H.R. 1762), H1990 [21AP]

———improve access through medical education reimbursement programs (see S. 1215), S8618 [13JY]

———improve health care services (see S. 1143, 1282; H.R. 2529), S7611 [22JN], S9367 [23JY], H4079 [24JN]

———improve medical care (see S. 1160), S8085 [24JN]

———increase access to care (see S. 97; H.R. 237), S192 [21JA], H106 [6JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1976), H2301 [5MY]

———tax incentives and grants for health care professionals in rural areas (see S. 241), S774 [27JA]

———transport of medical emergency victims (see H.R. 329), H109 [6JA]

Health care: access to and delivery of services (see H.R. 1774), H1991 [21AP]

Health care facilities: antitrust laws exemption of certain low population areas hospital mergers and service allocations (see H.R. 1765), H1991 [21AP]

———development of health care provider networks, State review of expenditures, and assistance for the capital needs of safety net facilities (see H.R. 2494), H4012 [23JN]

———extension of regional health care referral center classifications (see S. 35), S191 [21JA]

———grants to rural hospitals that establish consortia with other local providers (see H.R. 1773), H1991 [21AP]

———maintain the infrastructure requirements of essential safety net facilities (see S. 726), S4253 [1AP]

———State grants for the operation of offices of rural health (see H.R. 1772), H1991 [21AP]

Health care professionals: provide incentives for physicians to practice in rural medically underserved areas (see H.R. 1770), H1991 [21AP]

———student loan interest deduction relative to rural area medical practices (see S. 263), S888 [28JA]

Medicare: access to health care, facilities, programs, and devices in rural areas (see S. 176), S194 [21JA]

———extend and revise programs to assist rural hospitals (see S. 1051; S. 536), S6737 [27MY], H179 [21JA]

———extend period of alternative reimbursement methodologies for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1764), H1991 [21AP]

———geographic classification of hospitals for determination of payment for operating costs of inpatient services (see H.R. 1769), H1991 [21AP]

———geographic-cost-of-living indices for physician services (see S. 242), S774 [27JA]

———operating costs assistance for certain small, rural hospitals (see S. 243), S774 [27JA]

———payment eligibility of small, medicare-dependent, rural hospitals (see H.R. 953), H680 [17FE]

———permit certain rural hospitals to serve as rural emergency access care facilities (see H.R. 3078), H6757 [14SE]

———reimbursement to teaching hospitals of costs for residents assigned to rural facilities in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 1775), H1991 [21AP]

———rural hospital reimbursement reclassifications relative to census reductions in area wage indices (see H.R. 1832), H2023 [22AP]

National objectives: inclusion of rural health care in comprehensive health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 69), H1550 [23MR]

Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H7670 [7OC]

Public Health Service: clarify allotment formula relative to urban and rural areas (see H.R. 366), H110 [6JA]

Railroads: assistance for rural rail infrastructure (see S. 731), S4254 [1AP]

REA: availability of central station service in the case of rural electrification loans (see H.R. 184), H105 [6JA]

———clarify regulatory oversight (see H.R. 3514), H9853 [16NO]

———eliminate (see H.R. 2705), H5041 [22JY]

———increase interest rates of electric and telephone borrowers lending programs (see H.R. 3123), H6901 [22SE]

———increase interest rates of electric and telephone borrowers lending programs (H.R. 3123), correct enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 160), H7542 [6OC]

———restructure electric and telephone loan programs (see S. 1167), S8086 [24JN]

Refuse disposal: importation of out-of-state solid waste (see H.R. 963), H723 [18FE]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H9565 [10NO]

Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H2024 [22AP]

Social Security: development of health care centers for medically underserved populations (see H.R. 725), H358 [2FE]

———health care professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1763), H1990 [21AP]

States: reauthorize rural health offices (see S. 1082), S6955 [8JN]

Taxation: credits for individuals involved in agricultural-related activities relative to compliance with environmental regulations (see S. 1691), S16432 [19NO]

———establish rural development investment zones (see S. 1097), S7216 [15JN]

———incentives for medical practitioners to practice in rural areas and the creation of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 2367), H3456 [10JN]

———penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement accounts for farmers in disaster areas or with substantial drops in farm income (see H.R. 463), H113 [7JA]

———provide adjustments in the individual income tax rates to reflect regional cost-of-living differences (see H.R. 1937), H2182 [29AP]

———treatment of land subject to qualified conservation easements (see S. 1013), S6363 [24MY]

Veterans: rural health care clinics (see S. 452; H.R. 1176), S2089 [25FE], H962 [2MR]

Virginia: include Montgomery, Roanoke, and Rockbridge Counties as part of the Appalachian Regional Commission (see H.R. 1451), H1590 [24MR]

Water: cost share assistance projects to improve water supply (see H.R. 1634), H1857 [1AP]

———cost share assistance to construct reservoir structures for the storage of water (see H.R. 2460), H3835 [18JN]

———cost share assistance to construct reservoirs (see S. 1201), S8452 [1JY]

Water pollution: assistance to economically distressed rural communities (see H.R. 1980), H2301 [5MY]

———construction of publicly owned treatment works in economically distressed rural areas (see H.R. 1033), H793 [23FE]

Documents

Community Development Block Grant Program Awards to Rural Communities in South Dakota, S4377 [2AP]

Factsheets

National Health Safety Net Infrastructure Act (S. 726), S4298 [1AP]

Letters

Elimination of the Rural Development Administration, S9403 [26JY]

EPA Small Community Coordinator Program: Carol M. Browner, EPA, S4888 [27AP]

Rural Health Innovation Demonstration Act: Barbara Lum, Oregon Association of Hospitals, S8107 [24JN]

———Donald J. Schroeder, Oregon Medical Association, S8107 [24JN]

———Karen Whitaker, Oregon Health Sciences University, S8106 [24JN]

———Kim E. Sibilsky, National Rural Health Association, S8106 [24JN]

South Dakota Rural Development Telecommunications Network: Don Checots, South Dakota Public Broadcasting Corp., S4243 [1AP]

———Emery Tschetter, South Dakota State University, S4243 [1AP]

———Gary Sheely, South Dakota State University, S4243 [1AP]

———James P. Larson, S4242 [1AP]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2493), H4253, H4259 [29JN], H5615 [2AU], H7309, H7313, H7316 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), conference report, S12370, S12373 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H6343, H6345, H6346, H6351 [6AU]

Proposals

Green Map Program: Regional Railroads of America, S1362 [4FE]

Remarks by, on

Census: use of latest available data relative to below poverty urban, rural, and farm populations (S. 306), S1199 [3FE]

Remarks in House

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2493), H4189-H4261 [29JN], H5615 [2AU], H5665 [3AU], H7308-H7317 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), conference report, H6051, H6059 [4AU], H6337-H6342 [6AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H6342-H6352 [6AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), consideration (H. Res. 260), H7247-H7250 [29SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: rural agricultural offices, H273 [27JA]

Economy: definition relative to eligibility for economic recovery assistance (S. 1508), H7509, H7510 [6OC]

EPA: grants to assist colonias relative to wastewater disposal, H4129-H4133 [28JN]

———grants to assist colonias relative to wastewater disposal (H.R. 2736), H5077 [26JY]

Government regulations: policies and reforms affecting land management and usage in the West, H7377-H7379 [4OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H6852 [22SE], H7178 [29SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1976), H2236 [4MY]

Health care facilities: development of health care provider networks, State review of expenditures, and assistance for the capital needs of safety net facilities (H.R. 2494), H3990-H3992 [23JN]

Medicare: permit certain rural hospitals to serve as rural emergency access care facilities (H.R. 3078), H6679 [14SE]

NASA: selection of new base sites in economically depressed communities, H5466 [29JY]

National objectives: inclusion of rural health care in comprehensive health care plan (H. Con. Res. 69), H1533 [23MR]

REA: budget, H4226-H4229 [29JN]

———clarify regulatory oversight (H.R. 3514), H10258 [19NO]

———funding for loan programs, H6138 [5AU]

———increase interest rates of electric and telephone borrowers lending programs (H.R. 3123), H7127-H7133 [28SE]

———increase interest rates of electric and telephone borrowers lending programs (H.R. 3123), correct enrollment (H. Con. Res. 160), H7510 [6OC]

Rural Development Administration: funding, H4198, H4218, H4219 [29JN]

Sonoma County, CA: eligibility for disaster relief for AIDS contraction, H7711 [13OC]

Taxation: effect of excise taxes on rural consumers, H6522 [9SE]

Water: grants for water infrastructure funds, H4133 [28JN]

Wellsboro, PA: tribute to Laurel health system relative to delivery of preventative care to rural communities, H8060 [18OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: extend crop disaster assistance (S. 1251), S8831 [15JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2493), S9396-S9406, S9408-S9434 [26JY], S9470-S9478, S9494 [27JY], S9597 [28JY], S12744 [29SE], S13520 [14OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), conference report, S12363, S12364-S12374 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2493), unanimous-consent agreement, S9282, S9283 [22JY]

Community service: establish program (S. 1127), S7514 [17JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: loan programs, S6579-S6581 [26MY]

Economy: convention of a rural summit, S9425 [26JY]

———definition relative to eligibility for economic recovery assistance (S. 1508), S12846 [30SE]

———enterprise development and private investment in economically distressed urban and rural areas (S. 244), S831 [27JA]

———enterprise development and private investment in economically distressed urban and rural areas (S. 393), S1892 [18FE]

Education: financial assistance to rural local educational agencies (S. 1472), S12032, S12039-S12045 [20SE]

Employment: decline of traditional occupations, S13209 [7OC]

———emergency supplemental appropriations for job creation (S. 309), S1385-S1388 [4FE]

EPA: grants to assist colonias relative to wastewater disposal (S. 1286), S9450 [26JY]

———grants to assist colonias relative to wastewater disposal (S. 1364), S10574 [5AU]

Essential Air Service Program: funding, S13076, S13077 [5OC]

Ferry County, WA: reduction of timber, agriculture, and mining industries, S13209 [7OC]

Financial institutions: self-certification and paperwork reduction for certain rural banks (S. 1698), S16449 [19NO]

Flood control: study adequacy of current measures for upper Mississippi River (S. 1407), S10872, S10873 [6AU]

Glendale, KY: tribute, S3073 [17MR]

Government regulations: policies and reforms affecting land management and usage in the West, S14937, S14938 [3NO], S15403-S15405 [9NO], S15589, S15594 [10NO]

Graves County, KY: tribute to Fancy Farm annual picnic, S10599 [5AU]

Health: conditions, S1684 [17FE]

———development of health care network technology (S. 1088), S7090 [10JN]

———improve access through medical education reimbursement programs (S. 1215), S8619 [13JY]

———improve health care services (S. 1143), S7627, S7630 [22JN]

———improve health care services (S. 1282), S9367 [23JY]

———improve medical care (S. 1160), S8104 [24JN]

———increase access to care (S. 97), S529 [21JA]

———managed care system reform proposal, S6635-S6637 [27MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S14603-S14605 [28OC]

Health care facilities: extension of regional health care referral center classifications (S. 35), S444 [21JA]

———maintain the infrastructure requirements of essential safety net facilities (S. 726), S4294, S4299 [1AP], S10250 [3AU]

Health care professionals: student loan interest deduction relative to rural area medical practices (S. 263), S921 [28JA]

———tax incentives and grants in rural areas (S. 241), S827 [27JA]

Medicare: access to health care, facilities, programs, and devices in rural areas (S. 176), S606 [21JA]

———extend and revise programs to assist rural hospitals (S. 1051), S6764 [27MY]

———geographic-cost-of-living indices for physician services (S. 242), S827 [27JA]

———operating costs assistance for certain small, rural hospitals (S. 243), S827 [27JA]

Midway, KY: tribute, S4439 [2AP]

Morehead, KY: tribute to National Rural Health Associations Award for Outstanding Rural Practice recipient, St. Claire Medical Center, S7144 [10JN]

Native Americans: Cherokee Nation rural health network, S11737 [15SE]

Railroads: assistance for rural rail infrastructure (S. 731), S4315 [1AP]

———investment in rural service, S1361 [4FE]

REA: clarify regulatory oversight (H.R. 3514), S16983 [22NO]

———funding for non-utility programs, S9433 [26JY]

———increase interest rates of electric and telephone borrowers lending programs (H.R. 3123), S13031 [4OC], S13082 [5OC]

———increase interest rates of electric and telephone borrowers lending programs (H.R. 3123), correct enrollment (H. Con. Res. 160), S13854 [18OC]

———refinancing of certain loans, S9416, S9432 [26JY]

———restructure electric and telephone loan programs (S. 1167), S8075 [24JN]

Rugby, ND: tribute to health care system, S6635 [27MY]

Rural Area Disaster Assistance Readiness Task Force: establish, S10248 [3AU]

Rural Community Service Program: establish, S9285 [22JY]

Rural Development Administration: funding, S9401-S9404 [26JY]

Stanford, KY: tribute, S2974 [16MR]

States: reauthorize rural health offices (S. 1082), S6957 [8JN]

Taxation: credits for individuals involved in agricultural-related activities relative to compliance with environmental regulations (S. 1691), S16442 [19NO]

———energy tax, S6811 [28MY]

———establish rural development investment zones (S. 1097), S7216 [15JN]

———treatment of land subject to qualified conservation easements (S. 1013), S6365 [24MY]

Tompkinsville, KY: tribute, S4778 [21AP]

Tucson, AZ: anniversary of the Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc., S1209 [3FE]

Veterans: rural health care clinics (S. 452), S2121-S2124 [25FE]

Water: cost share assistance to construct reservoirs (S. 1201), S8488 [1JY]

Women in Farming Economics (organization): tribute, S7309 [15JN]

Reports

Rural Electrification Loan Restructuring Act Cost Estimate: CBO, H7131 [28SE]

Reports by conference committees

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 2493), H5728-H5738 [3AU]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2493) (H. Rept. 103-153), H4011 [23JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2493) (S. Rept. 103-102), S9061 [20JY]

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 2493) (H. Rept. 103-212), H5739 [3AU]

Consideration of H.R. 2493, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 260) (H. Rept. 103-260), H7171 [28SE]

Regulatory Oversight Clarification by REA With Respect to Certain Electric Borrowers: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 3514) (H. Rept. 103-381), H10299 [19NO]

Restructure REA Electric and Telephone Loan Programs: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 1167), S8085 [24JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2493), H4213 [29JN]

Summaries

Primary Medical Care Act (S. 1215), S8627 [13JY]

Rural Health Care Clinics for Veterans Program (S. 452), S2122-S2124 [25FE]

Rural Health Care Protection and Improvement Act (S. 97), S531 [21JA]

Rural Land Conservation Act (S. 1013), S6367 [24MY]

Rural Telemedicine Development Act (S. 1088), S7092 [10JN]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations funding (H.R. 2493), H7318-H7325 [30SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S9476 [27JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 160, correct enrollment of H.R. 3123, increase REA interest rates of electric and telephone borrowers lending programs, H7510 [6OC]

H. Res. 260, consideration of H.R. 2493, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H7247 [29SE]

H.R. 2493, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies program appropriations, S9386-S9396 [26JY]

H.R. 3123, Rural Electrification Loan Restructuring Act, H7127-H7130 [28SE]

H.R. 3514, clarify REA regulatory oversight, H10258 [19NO]

S. 97, Rural Health Care Protection and Improvement Act, S531 [21JA]

S. 176, access to health care, facilities, programs, and devices in rural areas, S608-S610 [21JA]

S. 241, Rural Primary Care Act, S828-S831 [27JA]

S. 242, Medicare Geographic Data Accuracy Act, S831 [27JA]

S. 243, medicare assistance for certain small, rural hospitals, S831 [27JA]

S. 244, National Community Economic Partnership Act, S832-S835 [27JA]

S. 263, student loan interest tax deduction relative to rural area medical practices, S921 [28JA]

S. 309, Rural Jobs and Investment Act, S1386 [4FE]

S. 452, rural health care clinics for veterans, S2122 [25FE]

S. 726, National Health Safety Net Infrastructure Act, S4294-S4298 [1AP]

S. 731, Rural Rail Infrastructure Act, S4315 [1AP]

S. 1013, Rural Land Conservation Act, S6365 [24MY]

S. 1082, reauthorize State rural health offices, S6958 [8JN]

S. 1088, Rural Telemedicine Development Act, S7091 [10JN]

S. 1127, establish a rural community service program, S7514 [17JN]

S. 1143, Rural Health Improvement Act, S7628-S7630 [22JN]

S. 1160, Rural Health Innovation Demonstration Act, S8105 [24JN]

S. 1167, Rural Electrification Loan Restructuring Act, S8075-S8077 [24JN]

S. 1215, Primary Medical Care Act, S8620-S8627 [13JY]

S. 1251, extend crop disaster assistance, S8831-S8836 [15JY]

S. 1286, Colonias Wastewater Treatment Act, S9450 [26JY]

S. 1364, Colonia Assistance Authorization Act, S10575 [5AU]

S. 1407, study adequacy of current measures for upper Mississippi River flood control, S10873 [6AU]

S. 1472, Rural Schools of America Act, S12039-S12044 [20SE]

S. 1508, definition of rural areas relative to eligibility for economic recovery assistance, S12846 [30SE]

S. 1691, tax credits for individuals involved in agricultural-related activities relative to compliance with environmental regulations, S16442 [19NO]

S. 1698, Rural Community Bank Paperwork Relief Act, S16449 [19NO]