[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]