    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    RURAL AREAS related term(s) Agriculture; Suburban areas; Urban Areas
      Amendments
        Fall River County, SD:  construction of rural water system (S. 744),
            S11796 [7OC], S11824 [7OC]
        North Dakota:  increase authorization for water supplies, meet water
            quantity and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and
            habitats (H.R. 3012), H7290 [5AU]
        ----- increase authorization for water supplies, meet water quantity
            and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and habitats
            (S. 1515), S7886 [9JY]
        Perkins County, SD:  construction of rural water system (S. 2117),
            S11796 [7OC], S11827 [7OC], S12879 [21OC], S12974 [21OC], H10590
            [12OC]
        Taxpayer Relief Act:  restore and modify provisions relative to tax
            relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer
            cooperatives (H.R. 2513), S12879 [21OC], S12943 [21OC]
      Articles and editorials
        As the Nation Prospers, Farmers in the Northern Plains Flounder,
            S4948 [18MY]
        At 7\1/2\ Cents a Minute, Who Cares if You Can't Hear a Pin Drop?,
            S3210 [3AP]
        Bereuter Path on Farm Aid Best Approach, S11415 [5OC]
        Congress Weighs Sugar, H5080 [24JN]
        Dr. Smith Named National Rural Health Practitioner, E862 [14MY]
        Newest Phone War, S3210 [3AP]
        Rural Areas Complain of Pitiful Neglect--Towns Such as Ballina in
            County Mayo Typify the Region's Poor Relation Status, E2045
            [10OC]
        Sanctions--A Force Behind Falling Welfare Rolls--States Are Cutting
            Off Tens of Thousands Who Won't Seek Work or Follow Rules, S2378
            [23MR]
        Sportsmen Being Excluded From Public Lands, House Panel Is Told,
            E463 [25MR]
        We Need To Reconnect With Food Supply, S11094 [29SE]
      Bills and resolutions
        Agriculture:  Farmland Protection Program funding, (see S. 2596),
            S12163 [9OC], (see S. 2597), S12163 [9OC]
        ------ pilot program to facilitate the protection and preservation
            of remaining open space and farmland in the mid-Atlantic States,
            (see H.R. 3566), H1642 [26MR]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
            (see H.R. 4560), H7690 [14SE]
        Aviation:  implement a pilot program to improve air transportation
            service to small communities, (see S. 1968), S3428 [22AP]
        Bankruptcy:  make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent and
            facilitate the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process
            relative to farmers, (see H.R. 4645), H8931 [25SE]
        ------ temporarily reenact chapter 12 of bankruptcy code and
            facilitate the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process
            relative to farmers, (see H.R. 4831), H10916 [14OC]
        Community development:  designation of empowerment zones, (see H.R.
            4629), H8931 [25SE]
        ------ establish and sustain viable rural and remote communities,
            (see S. 2379), S9425 [30JY]
        ------ provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones, (see
            S. 1927), S3120 [2AP], (see H.R. 3622), H2051 [1AP]
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  expand eligibility for
            emergency loans, (see S. 1975), S3534 [23AP]
        ------ improve agricultural credit provisions for farmers and
            ranchers, (see H.R. 4246), H5736 [16JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and
            guaranteed farm operating loans, (see S. 1774), S2113 [17MR]
        ------ establish a commodity loan program that provides a fair
            return to producers relative to the cost of production, (see S.
            1918), S3120 [2AP]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities, (see H.R. 4071), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities and empowerment zones, (see H.R. 4666), H9274 [1OC]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students, (see S. 2044),
            S4528 [7MY], (see H.R. 3813), H3013 [7MY]
        Federal aid programs:  improve and expand empowerment and enterprise
            zone programs, (see S. 2418), S9556 [31JY]
        Health:  promote access to health care services, (see S. 2603),
            S12164 [9OC]
        Health care professionals:  admission requirements for nonimmigrant
            nurses willing to practice in underserved areas, (see S. 2210),
            S7012 [24JN]
        Housing:  provide affordable housing and community development
            assistance to certain rural areas, (see S. 2595), S11970 [8OC]
        Perkins County, SD:  construction of rural water system, (see S.
            2117), S5434 [22MY]
        Public lands:  right-of-way fees and liability standards affecting
            rural electric cooperatives and other lessees, (see S. 2472),
            S10383 [15SE]
        Taxation:  capital gains rates, tax incentives, and income averaging
            for farmers, (see S. 2371), S9425 [30JY]
        ------ investment credits for regional jet purchases and airline
            ticket tax reduction for certain rural flights, (see S. 2629),
            S12558 [14OC]
        ------ treatment of commercial aviation to and from airports located
            on sparsely populated islands, (see S. 2542), S11339 [2OC], (see
            H.R. 4703), H9536 [5OC]
        Telecommunications:  establish a program for training and employing
            residents of low-income rural areas in new telecommunications
            industry jobs, (see S. 2624), S12309 [10OC]
        Unemployment:  establish the Strategic Transitional Employment
            Program for the long-term unemployed living in poverty in
            certain identified communities, (see S. 2215), S7172 [25JN],
            (see H.R. 4097), H4879 [19JN]
      Letters
        Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act:  several
            agricultural organizations, S4657 [12MY]
        Appalachian Regional Commission inclusion of additional counties:
            Jesse L. White, Jr., Appalachian Regional Commission, S1763
            [11MR]
        Community Reinvestment Act requirements for credit unions and small
            community banks:  Save the CRA Coalition, S8975 [24JY]
        ----- several organizations, S8974 [24JY], S8980 [24JY], S9029
            [27JY]
        Construction of access road through wilderness areas in King Cove,
            AK:  Tara P. Fuller, S11098 [29SE]
        Dept. of Agriculture commodity loan program that provides a fair
            return to producers relative to the cost of production:  George
            and Karen Saxowsky, S3134 [2AP]
        Employment opportunities in Utah:  T.J. Seely, S10352 [15SE]
        Family Investment and Rural Savings Tax Act:  Dan Danner, National
            Federation of Independent Business, S9431 [30JY]
        ------ several agricultural organizations, S9431 [30JY]
        Regulation of loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets:  Jack Cassidy, CoBank, H5076 [24JN]
      Lists
        Groups supporting S. 2215, establish the Strategic Transitional
            Employment Program for the long-term unemployed living in
            poverty in certain identified communities, S7175 [25JN]
        International Fund for Agricultural Development Desertification
            Working Group recommendations, E1946 [8OC]
        International Fund for Agricultural Development Microfinance Working
            Group recommendations, E1946 [8OC]
        International Fund for Agricultural Development Popular Coalition To
            Eradicate Hunger and Poverty Working Group recommendations,
            E1946 [8OC]
      Messages
        Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies
            Appropriations Line-Item Veto:  President Clinton, H19 [27JA]
      Poems
        ``When the Farmers All Shut Down,'' Luella F. Hermanson, S9693
            [31AU]
      Remarks in House
        Agriculture:  grain prices and production, H702 [3MR]
        ------ pilot program to facilitate the protection and preservation
            of remaining open space and farmland in the mid-Atlantic States,
            H6027 [21JY]
        ------ reform Federal regulations and assistance programs, H1689
            [27MR]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
            H8079 [18SE], H8080 [18SE], H8602 [24SE], H9507 [5OC], H9510
            [5OC] relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices
            (H.R. 4560), H9210 [1OC], H9213 [1OC]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low
            commodity prices and weather, H10838 [14OC]
        Bankruptcy:  temporarily reenact chapter 12 of bankruptcy code and
            facilitate the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process
            relative to farmers (H.R. 4831), H10950 [15OC]
        Community development:  provide grant funding for additional
            empowerment zones (H.R. 3622), E542 [1AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  make grants to establish additional rural
            enterprise communities, H11651 [20OC]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities and empowerment zones (H.R. 4666), E1866 [1OC]
        ------ regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets, H5075-H5085 [24JN]
        ------ regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar
            beets, H9334 [2OC]
        ------ Rural Community Advancement Program funding to promote
            agritourism, H4999 [23JN], H5000 [23JN]
        Fall River County, SD:  construction of rural water system (S. 744),
            H10597 [12OC]
        Farm Credit Administration:  anniversary, H1688 [27MR]
        FCC:  implementation of program relative to universal service
            support payments, E347 [11MR]
        Forest Service:  improve management, H6039 [21JY], H6040 [21JY]
        Geauga County, OH:  anniversary of county fair, E1476 [30JY]
        Health care professionals:  admission requirements for nonimmigrant
            nurses willing to practice in underserved areas (H.R. 2759),
            H6931-H6935 [3AU]
        Housing:  use of tax-exempt bonds to provide loans for rural
            housing, H5016 [23JN], H5017 [23JN]
        International Fund for Agricultural Development:  anniversary, E1946
            [8OC]
        National forests:  improve management, E242 [26FE], E244 [26FE],
            E463 [25MR]
        New Mexico:  tribute to Project Uplift for efforts in providing
            information on technical education and career opportunities to
            minority youth, E2093 [12OC]
        Oregon:  establish global position systems and weather systems at
            rural airports, H6738 [29JY]
        Pennsylvania:  anniversary of Western Pennsylvania Hospital, E688
            [28AP]
        Perkins County, SD:  construction of rural water system (S. 2117),
            H10589-H10594 [12OC]
        Postal Service:  elimination of post office box rental fees for
            rural customers, H2037 [1AP]
        Smith, Clifford:  National Rural Health Association Rural
            Practitioner of the Year award recipient, E862 [14MY]
        Stuyvesant, NY:  anniversary, E879 [18MY]
        Taxation:  treatment of commercial aviation to and from airports
            located on sparsely populated islands (H.R. 4703), E1905 [5OC]
        Telecommunications:  regulation of telephone rates in rural areas,
            H243 [4FE]
        Unemployment:  establish the Strategic Transitional Employment
            Program for the long-term unemployed living in poverty in
            certain identified communities (H.R. 4097), E1177 [19JN]
      Remarks in Senate
        Agriculture:  Farmland Protection Program funding, S3093 [2AP]
        ------ Farmland Protection Program funding (S. 2596), S12164 [9OC]
        ------ relief for agricultural producers, small businesses, and
            rural communities adversely affected by low commodity prices,
            S11093 [29SE], S11094 [29SE], S11289 [1OC], S11415 [5OC], S11416
            [5OC], S11419-S11422 [5OC] relief for agricultural producers,
            small businesses, and rural communities adversely affected by
            low commodity prices (H.R. 4560), S11162-S11165 [30SE]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 1033), S411 [4FE]
        AID:  development of modern communications systems in rural and
            remote areas, S9724 [1SE]
        Appalachian Regional Commission:  include additional counties as
            part of Appalachian region, S1763 [11MR], S1839 [12MR]
        Aviation:  implement a pilot program to improve air transportation
            service to small communities (S. 1968), S3436-S3440 [22AP]
        ------ tax credits for regional jet purchases and airline ticket tax
            reduction for certain rural flights, S10880 [24SE]
        Community development:  establish and sustain viable rural and
            remote communities (S. 2379), S9437 [30JY]
        ------ provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones (S.
            1927), S3141 [2AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  authorize guaranteed farm ownership loans and
            guaranteed farm operating loans (S. 1774), S2122 [17MR]
        ------ establish a commodity loan program that provides a fair
            return to producers relative to the cost of production (S.
            1918), S3132-S3135 [2AP]
        ------ establish minimum milk prices, S6760 [22JN]
        ------ extend certain rural housing assistance programs, S8096
            [14JY]
        ------ Rural Community Advancement Program funding, S8095 [14JY]
        Dept. of HHS:  report on the number of former welfare recipients
            that are now economically self-sufficient, S1218-S1224 [3MR],
            S1234-S1236 [3MR], S2377-S2381 [23MR]
        Dept. of the Interior:  construction of access road through
            wilderness areas in King Cove, AK, S9541 [31JY]
        ------ construction of access road through wilderness areas in King
            Cove, AK, S11097 [29SE], S11135-S11139 [30SE]
        Dept. of Transportation:  increase mass transit systems funding to
            certain rural communities, S1686 [10MR]
        Domestic policy:  Federal farm policies, S5493 [1JN]
        ------ Federal policies affecting farmers and agricultural
            communities, S9328 [30JY]
        Education:  assist urban and rural local education agencies in
            raising the academic achievement of all students (S. 2044),
            S4531 [7MY]
        Fall River County, SD:  construction of rural water system (S. 744),
            S11823 [7OC]
        FCC:  ensure payment of access fees and universal service
            contributions from Internet service providers that provide long-
            distance service, S3209-S3212 [3AP]
        Federal aid programs:  improve and expand empowerment and enterprise
            zone programs (S. 2418), S9591 [31JY], S9592 [31JY]
        Georgia:  waterline extension project funding, S8872 [23JY], S8873
            [23JY]
        Health:  promote access to health care services (S. 2603),
            S12170-S12172 [9OC]
        Health care professionals:  admission requirements for nonimmigrant
            nurses willing to practice in underserved areas (S. 2210), S7013
            [24JN]
        Housing:  provide affordable housing and community development
            assistance to certain rural areas (S. 2595), S11988 [8OC]
        Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.:  authorize construction
            and assistance (S. 777), S11814 [7OC]
        ----- authorize construction and assistance (S. 777), unanimous-
            consent agreement, S12036 [8OC]
        Missouri River:  Garrison Diversion Project funding, S6519-S6521
            [18JN]
        National Rural Water Association:  funding, S7559 [7JY]
        North Dakota:  increase authorization for water supplies, meet water
            quantity and quality needs, and enhance natural resources and
            habitats (S. 1515), S2368 [20MR]
        Oregon:  impact of Federal policies on family farms, S6131 [11JN]
        Perkins County, SD:  construction of rural water system (S. 2117),
            S5445 [22MY]
        ------ construction of rural water system (S. 2117), S11825 [7OC],
            S12974-S12979 [21OC]
        Public lands:  right-of-way fees and liability standards affecting
            rural electric cooperatives and other lessees (S. 2472), S10383
            [15SE]
        SBA:  establish disaster mitigation pilot program, S2611 [26MR]
        ------ training and technical assistance funding relative to small
            businesses in rural Alaska, S8648 [21JY]
        ------ University of New Hampshire funding to provide high
            technology assistance to rural small-to-medium-sized
            manufacturers, S8877 [23JY]
        Taxation:  capital gains rates, tax incentives, and income averaging
            for farmers (S. 2371), S9426-S9431 [30JY]
        ------ earned income tax credit, S8324 [16JY]
        ------ investment credits for regional jet purchases and airline
            ticket tax reduction for certain rural flights (S. 2629), S12558
            [14OC]
        ------ treatment of commercial aviation to and from airports located
            on sparsely populated islands (S. 2542), S11339 [2OC]
        Taxpayer Relief Act:  restore and modify provisions relative to tax
            relief for agricultural production facilities sold to farmer
            cooperatives (H.R. 2513), S12943 [21OC]
        Telecommunications:  establish a program for training and employing
            residents of low-income rural areas in new telecommunications
            industry jobs (S. 2624), S12341 [10OC]
        ------ rates for universal service in rural areas, S3209-S3212 [3AP]
        Tornadoes:  disaster assistance to Minnesota, S2876 [31MR]
        Unemployment:  establish the Strategic Transitional Employment
            Program for the long-term unemployed living in poverty in
            certain identified communities (S. 2215), S7172-S7175 [25JN]
      Reports filed
        Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System Act:  Committee
            on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 744), S10985 [25SE]
        ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 744)
            (S. Rept. 105-369), S11581 [6OC]
        Health Professional Shortage Area Nursing Relief Act:  Committee on
            the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2759) (H. Rept. 105-668), H6999
            [3AU]
        Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act:  Committee on Energy and
            Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 777), S10985 [25SE]
        ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 777)
            (S. Rept. 105-381), S11969 [8OC]
        Perkins County Rural Water System Act:  Committee on Energy and
            Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2117), S10985 [25SE]
        ----- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2117)
            (S. Rept. 105-368), S11581 [6OC]
      Reports to constituents
        Hamilton, Representative:  Drug Abuse in Rural Indiana, E1720 [15SE]
      Summaries
        Are States Improving the Lives of Poor Families?--A Scale Measure of
            State Welfare Policies:  Tufts University Center on Hunger and
            Poverty, S1220 [3MR]
        Health Professional Shortage Area Nursing Relief Act (H.R. 2759),
            H6934 [3AU]
        Make Grants To Establish Additional Rural Enterprise Communities and
            Empowerment Zones (H.R. 4666), E1866 [1OC]
      Tables
        Democratic versus Republican estimates of State-by-State farm aid,
            S11416 [5OC]
      Texts of
        H.R. 2759, Health Professional Shortage Area Nursing Relief Act,
            H6931 [3AU]
        H.R. 4831, temporarily reenact chapter 12 of bankruptcy code and
            facilitate the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process
            relative to farmers, H10950 [15OC]
        S. 744, Fall River Water Users District Rural Water System Act,
            S11824 [7OC], H10597 [12OC]
        S. 777, Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act, S11815 [7OC]
        S. 1774, Dept. of Agriculture guaranteed farm ownership loans and
            guaranteed farm operating loans, S2123 [17MR]
        S. 1927, Empowerment Zone Enhancement Act, S3142 [2AP]
        S. 1968, Air Service Restoration Act, S3437-S3439 [22AP]
        S. 2044, assist urban and rural local education agencies in raising
            the academic achievement of all students, S4531-S4534 [7MY]
        S. 2117, Perkins County Rural Water System Act, S5446 [22MY], S11827
            [7OC], S12974-S12978 [21OC], H10589 [12OC], H10590 [12OC]
        S. 2210, Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act, S7014-S7016
            [24JN]
        S. 2371, Family Investment and Rural Savings Tax Act, S9428-S9430
            [30JY]
        S. 2542, tax treatment of commercial aviation to and from airports
            located on sparsely populated islands, S11340 [2OC]
        S. 2595, Rural Recovery Act, S11988 [8OC]
        S. 2624, Rural Employment in Telecommunications Industry Act, S12341
            [10OC]
        S. 2629, investment tax credits for regional jet purchases and
            airline ticket tax reduction for certain rural flights,
            S12559-S12561 [14OC]