RURAL AREAS related term(s) Agriculture; Suburban areas

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H2642 [16MY], H2707, H2759 [17MY], H3017 [22MY], H3054, H3055, H3058, H3059, H3061, H3063, H3064, H3065, H3066, H3069, H3070, H3071, H3080, H3082, H3083, H3086, H3087, H3088, H3089, H3090, H3093, H3100, H3101, H3102, H3103, H3104, H3105, H3106, H3108, H3109, H3110, H3112, H3114, H3138, H3140 [23MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5384), consideration (H. Res. 830), H3030 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see S. 2438), S2313 [16MR] (see H.R. 5099), H1562 [5AP] (see H.R. 5363), H2584 [11MY]

———provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of natural disasters and unforseen production costs (see H. Res. 706), H565 [2MR]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 5384), H2588 [12MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5384), consideration (see H. Res. 830), H3015 [22MY]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 2832), S4796 [18MY]

Aroostook County, ME: modify empowerment zone boundaries (see S. 2596), S3378 [7AP]

Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act: reauthorize (see S. 2428), S2312 [16MR]

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in the Eastern Sierra region (see S. 2567), S3211 [6AP] (see H.R. 5149), H1678 [6AP]

Communications Act: amend (see S. 2686), S3801 [1MY]

———reform universal service provisions (see H.R. 5072), H1389 [30MR]

Delta/Black Belt Regional Authority: establish to provide community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region (see H.R. 5082), H1452 [4AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide a mechanism for the determination of claims of claimants who met the class criteria in a civil action relative to racial discrimination but who were denied that determination (see H.R. 5575), H3723 [9JN]

Dept. of Labor: make grants for the establishment of information technology centers in rural areas (see H.R. 4781), H388 [16FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish an Assistant Sec. for Rural Veterans and improve care provided to veterans living in rural areas (see S. 2433), S2312 [16MR]

Drugs: establish a federally-supported education and awareness campaign for the prevention of methamphetamine use (see S. 2315), S1414 [16FE]

———provide for a comprehensive Federal response to problems relative to methamphetamine abuse (see H.R. 4763), H332 [15FE]

FCC: promote and expedite wireless broadband deployment in rural and other areas (see S. 2332), S1461 [17FE] (see H.R. 5085), H1452 [4AP]

———require issuance of a final order relative to usage of white spaces of the broadband spectrum (see S. 2327), S1461 [17FE]

Hall, Donald A.: selection as Poet Laureate of the U.S. (see S. Con. Res. 107), S6634 [28JN] (see H. Con. Res. 436), H4680 [27JN]

Housing: establish a program to revitalize rural multifamily housing assisted under the Housing Act (see H.R. 5039), H1319 [29MR]

———promote the development of affordable, quality rental housing for low-income households (see H.R. 5373), H2585 [11MY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: provide medical services in underserved areas (see S. 2425), S2202 [15MR]

Medicare: extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]

———permanently extend the floor on the work geographic adjustment under the fee schedule for physicians' services (see S. 3516), S5949 [15JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 3500), S5779 [13JN]

———provide for a minimum payment rate by Medicare Advantage organizations for services furnished by critical access hospitals and rural health clinics (see S. 2819), S4695 [17MY]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter (see H.R. 4713), H223 [8FE]

Roads and highways: extend Corridor O of the Appalachian Development Highway System from its current southern terminus at I-68 near Cumberland, MD, to Corridor H, which stretches from Weston, WV, to Strasburg, VA (see H.R. 5031), H1196 [28MR]

South Dakota: reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project (see S. 3404), S5489 [6JN] (see H.R. 5639), H4220 [19JN]

Taxation: exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property and rural housing (see H.R. 4854), H564 [2MR]

———extend the period for which the designation of an area as an empowerment zone is in effect (see S. 2331), S1461 [17FE]

———provide a credit to rural primary health providers (see S. 2789), S4469 [11MY]

———provide a source for payments to States and counties under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (see S. 2485), S2603 [30MR]

Telecommunications: ensure availability of high-quality, advanced telecommunications and broadband services, technologies, and networks and establish permanent mechanism for universal service (see S. 2256), S864 [8FE]

Towns: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see H.R. 5380), H2585 [11MY]

Veterans: improve health care for rural veterans (see H.R. 5524), H3423 [6JN]

West Virginia: express condolences to victims of mine disasters and recognize rescue crews for their outstanding efforts in the aftermath of the tragedies (see S. Res. 370), S864 [8FE]

———express condolences to victims of Sago Coal Mine and Aracoma Alma Mine disasters and recognize rescue crews for their outstanding efforts in the aftermath of the tragedies (see H. Con. Res. 331), H24 [31JA]

Eulogies

Sago Memorial Service, S60 [25JA]

Letters

Agricultural disaster assistance: J. Carlton Courter III, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, S4033 [4MY]

———several agriculture organizations, S4032 [4MY]

Rural veterans health care improvement: James D. Randles, Military Order of the Purple Heart, E1025 [6JN]

———John Rowan, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., E1025 [6JN]

———Steve Robertson, American Legion, E1025 [6JN]

Lists

Congressionally-directed agriculture projects in Idaho, H3053 [23MY]

Remarks in House

Advancement Via Individual Determination (organization): anniversary (H. Res. 576), H5008-H5010 [11JY]

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses, H3231 [25MY], H3802 [13JN]

———provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of drought, Hurricane Katrina, and other natural disasters (H.R. 3702), H3894 [13JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, H3089 [23MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H2965 [22MY], H3021, H3039-H3119 [23MY], H3338 [25MY], E843 [16MY], E942 [23MY], E946 [24MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5384), consideration (H. Res. 830), H3025-H3032 [23MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5384), corrections in engrossment, H3119 [23MY]

———prohibit promulgation of regulations without consideration of their effect on the competitiveness of U.S. businesses, H3083 [23MY]

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: anniversary, E1167 [16JN]

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in the Eastern Sierra region (H.R. 5149), E543 [6AP]

Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment, H219 [8FE], H372 [16FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: National Animal Identification System funding, H3028, H3080-H3082 [23MY]

———provide farm debt and program relief to African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of farm credit and benefit programs, H3100, H3101 [23MY]

———Rural Community Advancement Program funding through reductions in the Natural Resources Conservation Service, H3058 [23MY]

———Rural Community Advancement Program National Agri-Tourism Initiative funding, H3071 [23MY]

Dola, WV: anniversary of Dola Mine disaster, E660 [27AP]

Drugs: provide for a comprehensive Federal response to problems relative to methamphetamine abuse (H.R. 4763), H1499 [5AP]

EPA: exempt small public water systems from compliance with arsenic and radionuclide standards for drinking water, H2855 [18MY]

FCC: preserve authority to require VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) providers to contribute to the universal service fund and pay appropriate intercarrier compensation fees, H3581, H3582 [8JN]

Federal Crop Insurance Act: program compliance integrity funding, H3088 [23MY]

Fresno County, CA: anniversary, E689 [2MY]

Health: improve health care for minority and underserved populations, H1399 [4AP]

Idaho: rural water infrastructure upgrade funding, H3165 [24MY]

Juab County, UT: provide for conjunctive use of surface and ground water (H.R. 4013), H3726, H3727 [12JN]

Kansas: provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of natural disasters and unforeseen production costs, H3777 [12JN]

Kentucky: express condolences to victims of Darby mine disaster, H3145 [24MY]

Louisiana: provide assistance to agricultural producers whose operations were severely damaged by hurricanes, H1043 [15MR]

Marion Township, PA: anniversary of Goehring Farm, E638 [27AP]

Marshall, AR: anniversary, E973 [26MY]

Ottawa National Forest: anniversary, E153 [14FE]

Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development Association: prohibit funding, H4724 [28JN]

Veterans: improve health care for rural veterans (H.R. 5524), E1024 [6JN]

Washington County, NC: opposition to Navy landing field in wildlife refuge, H1298 [29MR]

West Virginia: express condolences to victims of Sago Coal Mine and Aracoma Alma Mine disasters and recognize rescue crews for their outstanding efforts in the aftermath of the tragedies (H. Con. Res. 331), H180-H185 [8FE]

———express condolences to victims of Sago Coal Mine disaster, E1 [3JA]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses, S3481-S3483 [25AP], S4027, S4031 [4MY], S5754, S5760, S5763, S5764 [13JN], S7277 [10JY]

———provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (S. 2438), S5654 [8JN], S5830 [14JN]

———strike appropriations for grants to States based on their production of certian types of crops, livestock, and dairy products, S3953-S3955 [3MY]

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.: anniversary, S975 [9FE]

Aroostook County, ME: modify empowerment zone boundaries (S. 2596), S3380, S3381 [7AP]

Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act: reauthorize (S. 2428), S2320 [16MR]

Baisden, Budro: National Writing Project (organization) and Rural School and Community Trust (organization) Poetry of Rural Places writing competition award recipient, S4615 [16MY]

California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in the Eastern Sierra region (S. 2567), S3229 [6AP]

Communications Act: amend (S. 2686), S3803, S3804 [1MY], S6624-S6627 [28JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: funding, S2249, S2260 [16MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish an Assistant Sec. for Rural Veterans and improve care provided to veterans living in rural areas (S. 2433), S2324 [16MR], S6556 [27JN]

Drugs: establish a federally-supported education and awareness campaign for the prevention of methamphetamine use (S. 2315), S1433 [16FE]

FCC: require issuance of a final order relative to usage of white spaces of the broadband spectrum (S. 2327), S1471 [17FE]

Health: improve health care for minority and underserved populations, S2674 [30MR]

Immigration and Nationality Act: provide medical services in underserved areas (S. 2425), S2207 [15MR]

Kentucky: express condolences to victims of Darby mine disaster, S4860 [22MY]

Medicare: permanently extend the floor on the work geographic adjustment under the fee schedule for physicians' services (S. 3516), S5952 [15JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (S. 3500), S5789-S5794 [13JN], S5868 [14JN]

National Agriculture Day: observance, S2301 [16MR]

Secure Rural Schools Act: reauthorize, S2285 [16MR]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (S. 267), S4463 [11MY], S5335 [26MY]

Taxation: extend the period for which the designation of an area as an empowerment zone is in effect (S. 2331), S1472 [17FE]

———provide a credit to rural primary health providers (S. 2789), S4472, S4473 [11MY]

Telecommunications: ensure availability of high-quality, advanced telecommunications and broadband services, technologies, and networks and establish permanent mechanism for universal service (S. 2256), S866 [8FE]

West Virginia: express condolences to victims of mine disasters and recognize rescue crews for their outstanding efforts in the aftermath of the tragedies (S. Res. 370), S870, S871 [8FE]

———express condolences to victims of Sago Coal Mine and Aracoma Alma Mine disasters, S58 [25JA]

———express condolences to victims of Sago Coal Mine and Aracoma Alma Mine disasters and recognize rescue crews for their outstanding efforts in the aftermath of the tragedies (H. Con. Res. 331), S1044 [9FE]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5384) (H. Rept. 109-463), H2588 [12MY], H2640 [16MY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 5384) (S. Rept. 109-266), S6419 [22JN]

Appalachian Regional Development Act Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2832) (S. Rept. 109-279), S7415 [12JY]

Conjunctive Use of Surface and Ground Water in Juab County, UT: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4013) (H. Rept. 109-443), H1915 [27AP]

Consideration of H.R. 5384, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 830) (H. Rept. 109-477), H3015 [22MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3064, H3077, H3103 [23MY]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3040-H3049 [23MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 331, express condolences to victims of West Virginia mine disasters and recognize rescue crews for their outstanding efforts in the aftermath of the tragedies, H180 [8FE]

H. Res. 576, Advancement Via Individual Determination (organization) anniversary, H5008 [11JY]

H. Res. 830, consideration of H.R. 5384, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H3025 [23MY]

H.R. 4013, provide for conjunctive use of surface and ground water in Juab County, UT, H3726 [12JN]

S. 2327, Wireless Innovation (Winn) Act, S1472 [17FE]

S. 2428, Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act reauthorization, S2321 [16MR]

S. 2433, Rural Veterans Care Act, S2324-S2326 [16MR]

S. 2596, modify Aroostook County, ME, empowerment zone boundaries, S3381 [7AP]

S. 2789, Rural Physicians Relief Act, S4472 [11MY]

S. 3500, Rural Hospital and Provider Equity (HoPE) Act, S5790-S5793 [13JN]

S. 3516, Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Extension Act, S5952 [15JN]

S. Con. Res. 107, selection of Donald A. Hall as Poet Laureate of the U.S., S6724 [28JN]

S. Res. 370, express condolences to victims of West Virginia mine disasters and recognize rescue crews for their outstanding efforts in the aftermath of the tragedies, S868, S871 [8FE]