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

Amendments

Agriculture: reform crop insurance program (S. 2095), S12633, S12634, S12642, S12665, S12667, S12668 [25AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), S9161, S9165, S9167, S9183 [18JY], S9190, S9195, S9200, S9201, S9225, S9226, S9230, S9232, S9234, S9235, S9236, S9237, S9253, S9254 [19JY], S9273, S9287, S9289, S9297, S9301, S9302, S9303, S9304, S9327, S9328 [20JY], S11447 [12AU], H4654 [16JN], H4659, H4663, H4664, H4667, H4668, H4671, H4677, H4681, H4682, H4683 [17JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4554), conference report, S13428 [27SE]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development~~~~~ Act: technical corrections (H.R. 5065), H10323 [29SE]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (H.R. 3838), H6099, H6100 [21JY], H6112, H6118, H6121, H6124, H6125, H6129, H6131 [22JY]

Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission: establish (S. 2099), S7464, S7470 [22JN]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorizing appropriations (H.R. 2442), H3252, H3259, H3263, H3268 [11MY], H3292, H3293, H3296, H3300, H3301 [12MY]

Rural Development Administration: loan and grant qualifications for timber dependent communities (H.R. 4196), H10329 [29SE]

Analyses

School Construction Programs for Areas Affected by Federal Government Activities (S. 2018), S4344 [14AP]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4554, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S9306 [20JY], H9108 [13SE]

Articles and editorials

Bound for Yale—Resolve To Succeed Sprang From Hardships at Home, S10209 [1AU]

Population Shift Not as Important as Crops, S13614 [28SE]

Preserving the West, E1915 [22SE]

Promising Housing Bill, H6021 [21JY]

Save F.H.A. Loans for Needy Families, H6015 [21JY]

South Dakota Problem Is Plain—Too Few Doctors—State Typifies the Problem of Medical Care in Rural Areas, S12039 [18AU]

You Can't Kill a Good Givaway—For Years Taxpayers Have Been Taken for a Ride in Appalachia—On What Might Be the ``Longest Gravy Train in History'', H3299 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: reform crop insurance program (see S. 2092, 2095), S5449 [10MY]

———technical corrections to farm programs relative to minimum acreage requirements and deficiency payments (see S. 2005), S3954 [25MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 4554), H4292 [9JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4554), consideration (see H. Res. 455), H4552 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4554), return amendment to Senate (see H. Res. 518), H8052 [12AU]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development~~~~~ Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 5065), H9351 [20SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: repayment of loans made by private lenders for development of multifamily rental housing for low- and moderate-income families in rural areas (see H.R. 4445), H3681 [18MY]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (see H.R. 3810), H357 [8FE]

EPA: designation of certain localities as ozone nonattainment areas relative to the source of the ozone-causing emissions (see S. 2358), S10538 [3AU]

Federal aid programs: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (see H.R. 4129), H1995 [24MR]

Health: development of rural telemedicine (see H.R. 3909), H865 [24FE]

———establish community rural health networks (see H.R. 4690), H5461 [30JN]

Health care professionals: incentives for service in rural areas (see H.R. 4377, 4555, 4688), H3222 [10MY], H4292 [9JN], H5461 [30JN]

———provide incentives for physicians to practice in rural medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4561), H4292 [9JN]

Housing: amend application and approval procedures for assistance in housing repair loans (see S. 2055), S4834 [26AP]

———reform rural housing policies (see H.R. 4579), H4447 [14JN]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (see S. 2049; H.R. 3838, 4310), S4834 [26AP], H499 [10FE], H2913 [28AP]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3838), consideration (see H. Res. 482), H5950 [20JY]

Local Rail Freight Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1942), S3208 [17MR]

Medicare: bonus payments for health care professionals service in shortage areas (see H.R. 4689), H5461 [30JN]

———prospective payment wage index modifier for rural hospitals (see H.R. 5276), H11428 [7OC]

———rural hospital payments (see S. 2176), S6746 [9JN]

Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission: establish (see S. 2099; H.R. 4388), S5449 [10MY], H3278 [11MY]

Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see S. 1983), S3953 [25MR]

Public Health Service: rural hospital services (see H.R. 4378), H3222 [10MY]

———toll-free information on health services availability in rural areas (see H.R. 4282), H2638 [21AP]

REA: credit for rural electric cooperatives (see H.R. 3773), H204 [2FE]

———interest rate limitation on certain loans (see S. 2054, 2086), S4834 [26AP], S5368 [6MY]

———protection of rural electric borrowers (see H.R. 3790), H286 [3FE]

Roads and highways: Federal grants to communities providing medical services to travelers on Federal-aid highways (see S. 2141), S6123 [19MY]

Rural development: establish strategy (see H.R. 5086), H9600 [23SE]

Rural Development Administration: ensure that all timber-dependent communities qualify for loans and grants (see S. 2492), S13928 [3OC]

———loan and grant qualifications for timber dependent communities (see H.R. 4196), H2251 [13AP]

Schools: construction programs for areas affected by Federal Government activities (see S. 2018), S4334 [14AP]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 171), S2963 [15MR]

Southern Rural Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 3901), H865 [24FE]

Telecommunications: participation of small businesses, rural telephone companies and minority-owned businesses in spectrum auctions (see H.R. 4682), H5349 [29JN]

Water: expand the Mni Wiconi rural water supply project of South Dakota (see H.R. 3954), H1057 [3MR]

History

Legislative History on Rural Crime Taskforces, S12312 [23AU]

Letters

Agricultural Research Service location closures: Richard Rominger, Dept. of Agriculture, S9218 [19JY]

Communications Act: Don Lee, South Dakota Association of Telephone Cooperatives, Inc., S14754 [7OC]

FmHA housing programs: Donald M. Halperin, H4633 [16JN]

———Gerald M. Howard, National Association of Home Builders, H4633 [16JN]

Government policies and reforms affecting land management and usage in the West: several Senators and Representatives, S2773 [10MR]

Health care reform: Dean R. Kleckner, American Farm Bureau Federation, S11927 [17AU]

———several farm and rural organizations, S11980 [17AU]

Housing and Community Development Act: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Dept. of HUD, H6100 [21JY]

Housing Choice and Community Investment Act: Henry Cisneros, Sec. of HUD, S4837 [26AP], E804 [28AP]

School construction programs for areas affected by Federal Government activities: Franklin Frazier, GAO, S4339 [14AP]

Lists

Provisions in Dole/Packwood health care proposal relative to rural areas, S12044 [18AU]

Provisions in Dole-Packwood health care reform proposal specifically targeted to rural areas, S9564 [22JY]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), S9214 [19JY], S9272, S9280 [20JY], H4687 [17JN], H9107 [13SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4554), conference report, H9589, H9590, H9591, H9592, H9593 [23SE]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: technical corrections to farm programs relative to minimum acreage requirements and deficiency payments (S. 2005), H2615 [21AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), H4623-H4638 [16JN], H4657-H4688 [17JN], E1280 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4554), conference report, H9579-H9588 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4554), conference report—amendments in disagreement, H9589-H9593 [23SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4554), consideration (H. Res. 455), H4617-H4619 [16JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4554), motion to instruct conferees, H9107, H9108 [13SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4554), return amendment to Senate (H. Res. 518), H8036-H8038 [12AU]

Appalachian Regional Commission: abolish, H3263-H3268 [11MY]

———funding, H3268 [11MY]

———task force to study the commission's characteristics and apply to other regional commissions, H3296-H3300 [12MY]

Community health centers: funding, H5270-H5276 [28JN], H5334, H5337 [29JN]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development~~~~~ Act: technical corrections (H.R. 5065), H10323 [29SE]

Ecology and environment: provide assistance to rural and disadvantaged communities under the State water pollution control revolving loan program (H.R. 3810), E124 [8FE]

Education: urban and rural program funding, H2056-H2058 [24MR]

FAA: essential air service program, E1294 [22JN]

Federal aid programs: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (H.R. 4129), H2159 [24MR]

FmHA: housing programs, H4633 [16JN]

———Socially Disadvantaged Farmers Program funding, H4671-H4673 [17JN]

Fort Morgan, CO: EPA lawsuit for noncompliance with Clean Water Act, H1075 [8MR]

Government regulations: Federal policies and reforms affecting land management and usage in the West, E1915 [22SE]

———policies and reforms affecting land management and usage in the West, E555 [24MR]

Health: development of rural telemedicine (H.R. 3909), H6605 [2AU]

———effect on small business of mandated benefits coverage, H9092 [13SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H9092 [13SE], E192 [11FE]

Health care professionals: incentives for service in rural areas (H.R. 4377), H3194 [10MY]

———incentives for service in rural areas (H.R. 4555), E1160, E1177, E1178 [9JN]

———incentives for service in rural areas (H.R. 4688), H5457 [30JN], E1395 [30JN]

———provide incentives for physicians to practice in rural medically underserved areas (H.R. 4561), E1156 [9JN]

Housing: reform rural housing policies (H.R. 4579), H4453 [15JN]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize, H4668 [17JN]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3838), H4642 [16JN], H5731 [14JY], H6017-H6100 [21JY], H6111-H6136 [22JY], H6460 [29JY], E157 [10FE], E1189 [10JN], E1556 [25JY], E1573, E1578 [27JY], E1592 [28JY], E1690 [9AU]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3838), CBO report on funding levels, H6136 [22JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3838), consideration (H. Res. 482), H6014-H6016 [21JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3838), corrections in engrossment, H6144 [22JY]

———reauthorize (H.R. 4310), E804 [28AP]

Local Rail Freight Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations, H4586, H4587 [16JN]

Medicare: bonus payments for health care professionals service in shortage areas (H.R. 4689), H5457 [30JN], E1395 [30JN]

National Agriculture Day: observance, E477 [17MR]

National objectives: inclusion of rural health care in comprehensive health care plan, H6552, H6562 [2AU]

———inclusion of rural health care in comprehensive health care plan (H. Con. Res. 69), H5665 [14JY]

Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission: establish (S. 2099), H8024 [12AU]

Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (H.R. 3246), H5785-H5788 [19JY]

Public Health Service: rural hospital services (H.R. 4378), H3194 [10MY]

———toll-free information on health services availalbility in rural areas (H.R. 4282), E751 [21AP]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorizing appropriations (H.R. 2442), H3234-H3269 [11MY], H3286-H3305 [12MY]

———reauthorizing appropriations (H.R. 2442), consideration (H. Res. 420), H3211-H3220 [10MY]

REA: protection of rural electric borrowers (H.R. 3790), E99 [3FE]

Rural and Urban Education Assistance Program: funding, E508 [22MR]

Rural Development Administration: loan and grant qualifications for timber dependent communities (H.R. 4196), H10328 [29SE], E649 [13AP]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (S.J. Res. 171), H1754 [21MR]

Sonoma County, CA: tribute to Sheriff's Dept. for organization of Farm Watch Program, E2190 [8OC]

Telecommunications: participation of small businesses, rural telephone companies and minority-owned businesses in spectrum auctions (H.R. 4682), E1377, E1379 [30JN]

———use in rural areas, E753 [21AP]

Water: expand the Mni Wiconi rural water supply project of South Dakota (H.R. 3954), E350 [3MR]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: recognize importance, S13614 [28SE]

———reform crop insurance program (S. 2092), S5451 [10MY]

———reform crop insurance program (S. 2095), S5453 [10MY], S12660-S12670 [25AU]

———technical corrections to farm programs relative to minimum acreage requirements and deficiency payments (S. 2005), S3934 [25MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), S9140-S9168 [18JY], S9188 [19JY], S9272-S9306 [20JY], S9345 [21JY], S11447 [12AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4554), conference report, S13428-S13433 [27SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4554), unanimous-consent agreement, S9162 [18JY], S9215 [19JY]

Airlines: availability and cost of services to small cities and rural areas, S4384 [19AP]

Airports: notification of termination of air transportation to nonhub airports, S6657 [9JN]

Alaska Village Initiatives: rural business enterprise grant, S9162, S9163 [18JY]

Crime: drug use and crime in rural areas, S1314 [10FE]

———prevention of gang violence, S457 [1FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: rural industrial assistance loans, S9304 [20JY]

Dept. of Energy: Alaskan village electrical generation systems funding, S8041-S8044 [30JN]

Dept. of the Interior: rangeland reform, S12606 [25AU]

Education: national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems, S1305 [9FE]

———STAR Schools Program for extending education to rural areas via satellite, S938 [4FE]

EPA: designation of certain localities as ozone nonattainment areas relative to the source of the ozone-causing emissions (S. 2358), S10539 [3AU]

———establish Small Public Water Systems Technology Assistance Centers, S5661 [12MY]

———grants to assist colonias relative to wastewater disposal, S5411 [10MY], S5817 [17MY]

———make grants for wastewater treatment projects to small, unincorporated, poor communities, S5411 [10MY]

FAA: essential air service program, S4401 [19AP]

Financial institutions: modify definition of investment area relative to population decrease, S3169 [17MR]

Government regulations: policies and reforms affecting land management and usage in the West, S2773 [10MR]

Health: termination of insurance policy for nonpayment of premiums, S12093-S12095 [18AU]

Health care professionals: incentives for service in rural areas, S12092, S12095 [18AU]

Housing: amend application and approval procedures for assistance in housing repair loans (S. 2055), S4898 [26AP]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (S. 2049), S4837-S4875 [26AP]

Local Rail Freight Assistance Program: authorizing appropriations (S. 1942), S3209 [17MR]

Medicare: rural hospital payments (S. 2176), S6753 [9JN]

National objectives: inclusion of rural health care in comprehensive health care plan, S9563 [22JY]

———inclusion of rural health care in comprehensive health care reform, S11974-S11987 [17AU], S12025-S12031, S12034-S12043 [18AU]

Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission: establish (S. 2099), S5461 [10MY], S7470 [22JN]

———funding, S9161, S9162 [18JY]

Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (S. 1983), S3954 [25MR]

REA: interest rate limitation on certain loans (S. 2054), S4898 [26AP]

———interest rate limitation on certain loans (S. 2054), star print, S5710 [12MY]

———interest rate limitation on certain loans (S. 2086), S5369 [6MY]

Roads and highways: Federal grants to communities providing medical services to travelers on Federal-aid highways (S. 2141), S6132 [19MY]

Rural Business Enterprise Grant: funding, S9212 [19JY]

Rural Community Service Program: funding, S10208 [1AU]

Rural Development Administration: ensure that all timber-dependent communities qualify for loans and grants (S. 2492), S13928 [3OC], S14586 [6OC]

———loan and grant qualifications for timber dependent communities (H.R. 4196), S14408 [6OC]

Schools: construction programs for areas affected by Federal Government activities (S. 2018), S4339, S4340 [14AP]

Sewage disposal: semirural communities access to grants relative to wastewater facilities construction, S5653, S5654 [12MY]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (S.J. Res. 171), S3282 [17MR]

Telecommunications: development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest (S. 1822), S14754 [7OC]

Vienna, WV: anniversary, S4486 [19AP]

Water: cost-effective standards for safe drinking water relative to small communities, S5660 [12MY]

Reports

Cost Estimate of H.R. 3838, Housing and Community Development Act: CBO, H6136-H6139 [22JY]

Reports by conference committees

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 4554), H9341-H9350 [20SE]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4554) (H. Rept. 103-542), H4291 [9JN]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations (H.R. 4554): committee of conference (H. Rept. 103-734), H9350 [20SE]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4554) (S. Rept. 103-290), S7560 [23JN]

Agriculture Crop Insurance Program Reform: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 2095) (S. Rept. 103-301), S8381 [1JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3838, Housing and Community Development Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 482) (H. Rept. 103-612), H5950 [20JY]

Consideration of H.R. 4554, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 455) (H. Rept. 103-548), H4552 [15JN]

Expand the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project of South Dakota: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3954) (H. Rept. 103-789), H10537 [3OC]

Housing and Community Development Act: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (House) (H.R. 3838) (H. Rept. 103-607), H5768 [18JY]

Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission: Committee on Agriculture (House) (S. 2099) (H. Rept. 103-700), H8052 [12AU]

Reemployment of Postal Service Retirees in Temporary Positions Relative to Annuity Offsets: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (House) (H.R. 3246) (H. Rept. 103-594), H5546 [12JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Communications Act: South Dakota Association of Telephone Cooperatives, Inc., S14754 [7OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), H4683 [17JN]

Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (H.R. 3838), H6127 [22JY]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: reauthorizing appropriations (H.R. 2442), H3301 [12MY]

Summaries

Alaskan Village Electrical Generation Systems Funding: Alaska Rural Energy Task Force, S8043 [30JN]

Economic Effects of the Appalachian Regional Commission, H3240 [11MY]

Housing and Community Development Act (H.R. 3838), H6017-H6020 [21JY], E157 [10FE]

Housing Choice and Community Investment Act (S. 2049), S4838-S4874 [26AP]

Telecommunications and Its Impact on Rural America: National Association of Development Organizations, E753 [21AP]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4554), H4625-H4631 [16JN]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 4554, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations, S9153 [18JY]

Funding comparison of Housing and Community Development Act programs, H6140 [22JY]

Housing and Community Development Act (H.R. 3838) funding, E159 [10FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 420, consideration of H.R. 2442, Public Works and Economic Development Act appropriations, H3211 [10MY]

H. Res. 455, consideration of H.R. 4554, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H4617 [16JN]

H. Res. 482, consideration of H.R. 3838, Housing and Community Development Act, H6014 [21JY]

H. Res. 518, return to Senate an amendment to H.R. 4554, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H8036 [12AU]

H.R. 2442, Public Works and Economic Development Act appropriations, H3245-H3252 [11MY]

H.R. 3246, Postal Service reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity, H5785 [19JY]

H.R. 3838, Housing and Community Development Act, H6031-H6094 [21JY]

H.R. 4196, Rural Development Administration loan and grant qualifications for timber dependent communities, H10328 [29SE]

H.R. 4554, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations, S9140-S9151 [18JY]

H.R. 5065, Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act technical corrections, H10323 [29SE]

S. 1942, Local Rail Freight Assistance Program appropriations, S3209 [17MR]

S. 2005, technical corrections to farm programs relative to minimum acreage requirements and deficiency payments, S3934 [25MR], H2615 [21AP]

S. 2018, school construction programs for areas affected by Federal Government activities, S4340-S4344 [14AP]

S. 2086, interest rate limitation on certain REA loans, S5370 [6MY]

S. 2095, Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act, S12660-S12665 [25AU]

S. 2099, establish Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission, S7470-S7472 [22JN], H8024-H8026 [12AU]

S. 2099, Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission, S5462-S5464 [10MY]

S. 2141, Federal grants to communities providing medical services to travelers on Federal-aid highways, S6132 [19MY]

S. 2358, EPA designation of certain localities as ozone nonattainment areas relative to the source of the ozone-causing emissions, S10540 [3AU]

S.J. Res. 171, Small Family Farm Week, S3282 [17MR], H1754 [21MR]