RURAL AREAS related term(s) Agriculture; Urban Areas

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4368), H4525, H4526, H4527, H4528, H4529, H4530, H4531, H4532, H4533, H4534, H4535, H4536, H4537, H4538, H4539, H4540, H4541, H4542, H4549, H4550, H4551, H4552, H4553, H4554, H4555, H4556, H4557, H4559, H4560, H4561, H4562, H4563, H4564, H4565 [26SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Rural Emergency Medical Service Training and Equipment Assistance Program (S. 265), S5966 [13DE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 2131), S2222 [22JN] (see H.R. 4368), H3149 [27JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4368), consideration (see H. Res. 723), H4496 [26SE]

AID: establish program in Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment to promote mobility in rural communities through access to affordable, fit-for-purpose bicycles (see S. 437), S425 [15FE] (see H.R. 992), H837 [14FE]

Alaska: improve access to healthy foods, food processing, housing, forestry, agricultural research, and other agricultural programs, and Tribal self-determination relative to those programs (see S. 2354), S2984 [18JY]

Aviation: increase access to general aviation airports (see S. 1847), S2005 [7JN] (see H.R. 4556), H3205 [11JY]

BLS: prepare and publish Consumer Price Index for Rural Consumers (see H.R. 1358), H1113 [3MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: clarify parameters for model testing and add accountability to model expansion under Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (see H.R. 6732), H6859 [12DE]

China: prohibit acquisition and ownership of U.S. agricultural land (see S. 684), S669 [7MR]

——— prohibit foreign nationals associated with China from purchase of agricultural real estate in U.S. and from participating in any Dept. of Agriculture programs except food safety inspections (see H.R. 809), H678 [2FE]

Colleges and universities: anniversary of 1890 Land-Grant Educational Institutions (see H. Con. Res. 63), H4211 [29AU]

——— modify areas of focus for centers of excellence at 1890 Land-Grant Educational Institutions (see S. 2058), S2145 [20JN] (see H.R. 4236), H3069 [21JN]

——— provide additional funding for scholarships for students at 1890 Land-Grant Educational Institutions (see H.R. 1436), H1204 [8MR]

Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: determine whether national security review is needed for reportable agricultural land transactions referred by Sec. of Agriculture (see H.R. 5409), H4263 [12SE]

——— increase oversight of foreign direct investment in U.S. agricultural land (see S. 1066), S1053 [29MR]

——— protect U.S. food security, give greater jurisdiction over land purchases, and prevent foreign adversary purchases of land near sensitive sites (see H.R. 4577), H3476 [12JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize mandatory funding for Healthy Food Financing Initiative (see S. 760), S743 [9MR]

——— authorize rural health facilities to use certain Federal agricultural credit assistance to refinance debt obligations, update necessary services, technology, and equipment, and support ancillary needs (see H.R. 5989), H5031 [19OC]

——— authorize use of certain grants to deliver peer-to-peer mental health support to individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, farm work, and other occupations relating to agriculture (see S. 2898), S4654 [21SE] (see H.R. 5637), H4455 [21SE]

——— carry out initiative to develop, expand, and improve rural child care (see S. 1867), S2006 [7JN] (see H.R. 3922), H2778 [7JN]

——— codify Rural Hospital Technical Assistance Program (see H.R. 4713), H3699 [18JY]

——— create permanent payments within Environmental Quality Incentives Program for soil health practices and carbon sequestration monitoring (see S. 2588), S3753 [27JY] (see H.R. 5043), H4140 [27JY]

——— designate Guam and Western Pacific Rural Development office as representative of rural development in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Freely Associated States (see H.R. 5445), H4296 [13SE]

——— establish emergency preparedness and response technical assistance program to assist entities that operate rural water or wastewater systems to prepare for and respond to natural or man-made disasters (see S. 2917), S4678 [26SE]

——— establish energy circuit rider program to disseminate technical and other assistance to rural communities to support energy efficiency and clean energy projects (see S. 3489), S5961 [13DE]

——— establish grant program to assist with purchase, installation, and maintenance of point-of-entry and point-of-use drinking water quality improvement products (see S. 806), S798 [15MR] (see H.R. 1721), H1326 [22MR]

——— establish last acre program to advance precision agriculture connectivity and broadband deployment in unserved and underserved areas (see S. 2542), S3620 [26JY] (see H.R. 6142), H5227 [1NO]

——— establish Office of Colonia Affairs (see H.R. 2740), H1907 [20AP]

——— establish Office of Colonias and Farmworker Initiatives (see H.R. 6183), H5361 [2NO]

——— establish pilot grant program to award grants under commodity supplemental food program to facilitate home delivery of commodities to certain senior citizens (see H.R. 4745), H3857 [19JY]

——— establish program to provide support on use of industrial heat pumps in rural areas (see S. 1495), S1566 [9MY]

——— establish Rural Innovation and Partnership Administration and Rural Future Partnership Fund to invest in rural areas to achieve their preferred future and maximize contributions to U.S. (see S. 2155), S2223 [22JN] (see H.R. 4239), H3069 [21JN]

——— establish vehicle summer meal delivery pilot program (see S. 1684), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 6006), H5032 [19OC]

——— exempt from inspection slaughter of animals and preparation of carcasses conducted at custom slaughter facilities (see S. 907), S909 [22MR] (see H.R. 2814), H1945 [25AP]

——— expand and strengthen Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Program (see S. 1233), S1293 [20AP] (see H.R. 2787), H1909 [20AP]

——— expand Emergency Watershed Protection Program to enhance long-term protection of watersheds (see H.R. 5257), H4196 [22AU]

——— extend and enhance Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (see S. 2996), S4826 [29SE] (see H.R. 5284), H4204 [25AU]

——— extend and increase funding for Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program (see H.R. 4835), H3895 [24JY]

——— grant priority for broadband deployment assistance to areas that are unserved (see H.R. 922), H824 [9FE]

——— guarantee investments that will open new markets for forest owners in rural areas (see S. 3399), S5750 [5DE] (see H.R. 5315), H4211 [29AU]

——— harmonize population threshold for rural communities for Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 5359), H4229 [8SE]

——— improve access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, including by encouraging provision of broadband loans and grants to increase broadband service in emerging harbor projects (see H.R. 4351), H3142 [23JN]

——— improve biobased markets program (see S. 2452), S3459 [20JY] (see H.R. 5134), H4164 [4AU]

——— improve Facilities Loan and Grant Program to provide capital investment for facilities providing healthcare, education, child care, public safety, and other vital services in rural areas (see H.R. 4736), H3857 [19JY]

——— improve Micro-Grants for Food Security Program (see H.R. 3543), H2455 [18MY]

——— improve process for awarding grants to counties in which majority of land is owned or managed by Federal Government and to other units of local government and Tribal governments in those counties (see S. 1580), S1624 [11MY] (see H.R. 3595), H2500 [22MY] (see H.R. 6891), H7006 [22DE]

——— improve Rural Energy for America Program (see S. 2594), S3753 [27JY] (see S. 3378), S5692 [30NO] (see H.R. 5051), H4141 [27JY]

——— include cybersecurity technical assistance in national rural water and wastewater circuit rider program (see S. 2388), S3148 [19JY] (see H.R. 3809), H2740 [5JN]

——— increase access to, and minimum speeds of, broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, and provide grants, loans, and loan guarantees to finance costs of such services (see H.R. 3964), H2786 [9JN]

——— increase minimum amount of civil penalty imposed for violating regulations relative to foreign investments in U.S. agricultural land (see H.R. 1789), H1437 [24MR]

——— limit funding for Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (see H.R. 2279), H1637 [29MR]

——— limit funding for Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants (see H.R. 2275), H1636 [29MR]

——— limit funding for Rental Assistance Program (see H.R. 2274), H1636 [29MR]

——— limit funding for Rural Business Program Account (see H.R. 2278), H1637 [29MR]

——— limit funding for Rural Community Facilities Program Account (see H.R. 2277), H1637 [29MR]

——— limit funding for Rural Cooperative Development Grants (see H.R. 2281), H1637 [29MR]

——— limit funding for rural development programs (see H.R. 2271), H1636 [29MR]

——— limit funding for rural development programs, rural development, salaries and expenses (see H.R. 2272), H1636 [29MR]

——— limit funding for Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account (see H.R. 2280), H1637 [29MR]

——— limit funding for Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account (see H.R. 2284), H1637 [29MR]

——— limit funding for Rural Energy for America Program (see H.R. 2282), H1637 [29MR]

——— limit funding for Rural Housing Assistance Grants (see H.R. 2276), H1637 [29MR]

——— limit funding for Rural Housing Service and Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account (see H.R. 2273), H1636 [29MR]

——— limit funding for Rural Utilities Service, Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program (see H.R. 2285), H1637 [29MR]

——— limit funding for Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account (see H.R. 2283), H1637 [29MR]

——— make grants to States to support establishment of grocery stores in underserved areas (see H.R. 1230), H968 [28FE]

——— modify definitions of terms ‘‘rural’’ and ‘‘rural area’’ for purpose of grants and loans to remedy lack of compliance with certain drinking water standards (see S. 2697), S3757 [27JY]

——— modify delivery of technical assistance (see S. 1400), S1463 [2MY] (see H.R. 3036), H2124 [2MY]

——— modify Rural Energy for America Program (see S. 2931), S4678 [26SE]

——— modify rural housing financing (see S. 3497), S5961 [13DE]

——— modify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Thrifty Food Plan to apply to urban and rural parts of Hawaii (see H.R. 5181), H4171 [8AU]

——— prioritize loan guarantees and grants under Rural Energy for America Program to solar projects that include creation of pollinator habitat (see S. 1555), S1623 [11MY]

——— prioritize projects that provide behavioral and mental health treatment services in selecting grantees under certain rural development programs and extend substance abuse disorder set-aside (see H.R. 4603), H3573 [13JY]

——— prohibit foreign nationals associated with certain foreign governments from purchase or lease of agricultural land in U.S. and from participating in any agricultural programs for farmers (see S. 926), S909 [22MR] (see H.R. 3357), H2375 [16MY]

——— provide mandatory funding from CCC for reimbursement payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (see S. 1676), S1742 [18MY] (see H.R. 3657), H2596 [24MY]

——— provide rural partnership program grants and rural partnership technical assistance grants (see S. 3309), S5540 [15NO]

——— reauthorize and improve ReConnect loan and grant program (see S. 130), S146 [30JA] (see S. 1642), S1704 [17MY] (see H.R. 3216), H2307 [11MY] (see H.R. 4227), H2990 [20JN]

——— reauthorize Community Connect Grant Program (see S. 1611), S1678 [16MY] (see H.R. 6473), H5902 [21NO]

——— reauthorize distance learning and telemedicine grant program (see S. 2447), S3459 [20JY]

——— reauthorize Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program (see H.R. 5308), H4210 [29AU]

——— reauthorize Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network and establish national agricultural crisis hotline (see H.R. 5246), H4196 [22AU]

——— reauthorize Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network Program (see S. 1736), S1744 [18MY] (see H.R. 6379), H5728 [13NO]

——— reauthorize Farm to School Program (see S. 3129), S5182 [25OC] (see H.R. 6308), H5651 [8NO]

——— reauthorize Healthy Food Financing Initiative (see H.R. 1509), H1248 [9MR]

——— reauthorize rural cooperative development grants (see H.R. 6661), H6739 [7DE]

——— reauthorize Rural Energy Savings Program (see S. 1821), S1982 [6JN] (see H.R. 3849), H2761 [6JN]

——— reform farm loans and National Appeals Division process (see S. 2668), S3756 [27JY] (see H.R. 5296), H4210 [29AU]

——— reform farm subsidy and conservation programs, encourage new farmers and ranchers, strengthen nutrition, support research, reduce food waste, improve animal welfare, and invest in regional food systems (see H.R. 1824), H1526 [28MR]

——— remove barriers to agricultural producers in accessing funds to carry out emergency measures under emergency conservation program (see S. 231), S229 [2FE] (see H.R. 6717), H6859 [12DE]

——— remove limitation on amount of civil penalty imposed on foreign owners who fail to report or misreport investments in U.S. agricultural land (see S. 2382), S3147 [19JY] (see H.R. 6469), H5902 [21NO]

——— require foreign purchaser of agricultural land to be subject to same restrictions as are applicable to U.S. citizens and nationals in home country of such foreign purchaser (see H.R. 6580), H6110 [4DE]

——— require training for State and regional employees on departmental rural housing and development programs (see S. 1989), S2097 [14JN]

——— support buildout of clean school bus charging infrastructure through community facilities direct loans and grants (see S. 1930), S2050 [12JN] (see H.R. 4455), H3159 [30JN]

Dept. of Commerce: ensure rural and distressed communities can more readily use Economic Development Administration grants to develop high-speed broadband access (see H.R. 1752), H1408 [23MR]

——— establish Rural Export Center (see S. 1415), S1504 [3MY] (see H.R. 4271), H3107 [22JN]

——— publish data from Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (see H.R. 3362), H2375 [16MY]

——— submit report on digital divide and update Indicators of Broadband Need mapping application (see H.R. 3361), H2375 [16MY]

Dept. of Education: create demonstration program to encourage rural community stakeholders to partner together to help students enroll in college, graduate, and enter workforce (see S. 965), S933 [23MR]

——— ensure that teachers are paid livable and competitive salary throughout their career (see S. 766), S743 [9MR]

——— establish partnership grants for rural teaching residency programs (see H.R. 3213), H2307 [11MY]

——— provide for teacher and school leader quality enhancement and enhance institutional aid to address teacher and principal shortages (see S. 2369), S3147 [19JY]

——— support preparation and retention of outstanding educators in all fields to ensure bright future for children in under-resourced and under-served communities (see S. 2417), S3458 [20JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize loan repayment program to encourage specialty medicine physicians to serve in rural communities experiencing shortage of such physicians (see S. 705), S714 [8MR] (see H.R. 2761), H1908 [20AP]

——— authorize loans and loan guarantees for planning, constructing, or renovating pediatric or adult mental health and substance use disorder treatment facilities (see H.R. 5804), H4854 [28SE]

——— conduct study on designation of general surgery shortage areas (see S. 1140), S1090 [30MR] (see H.R. 1781), H1437 [24MR]

——— establish EMS Preparedness and Response Workforce Shortage Pilot Program and streamline process for veterans to become emergency medical services technicians and paramedics (see H.R. 6433), H5892 [15NO]

——— establish grant program to support schools of medicine and schools of osteopathic medicine in underserved areas (see S. 3175), S5314 [1NO] (see H.R. 4985), H4138 [27JY]

——— establish home-based telemental health care demonstration program to increase mental health services in rural medically underserved populations and in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations (see S. 1077), S1088 [30MR] (see H.R. 6534), H6049 [30NO]

——— establish Mental Health Licensure Portability Program to award grants to incentivize interstate mental health provider networks (see S. 1075), S1088 [30MR] (see H.R. 2438), H1691 [30MR]

——— establish Office of Rural Health (see S. 2799), S4525 [14SE] (see H.R. 5481), H4344 [14SE]

——— establish rural health center innovation awards program and rural health department enhancement program (see S. 953), S933 [23MR] (see H.R. 1712), H1326 [22MR]

——— establish rural provider demonstration program to provide payments on eligible loans for individuals eligible for National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 940), S910 [22MR] (see H.R. 1711), H1326 [22MR]

——— improve access to and quality of primary health care and expand health workforce (see S. 2840), S4589 [19SE]

——— prohibit from finalizing proposed rule on minimum staffing for nursing facilities and establish advisory panel on nursing home workforce (see S. 3410), S5750 [5DE] (see H.R. 5796), H4853 [28SE]

——— provide for participation of physical therapists in National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment program and include coverage of physical therapy services in certain programs (see H.R. 4829), H3895 [24JY]

——— reauthorize Rural Emergency Medical Service Training and Equipment Assistance Program (see S. 265), S230 [2FE] (see H.R. 4646), H3611 [14JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: issue strategy to improve hiring and retention of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel in rural or remote areas (see H.R. 2806), H1914 [24AP]

——— require Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to develop comprehensive rural hospital cybersecurity workforce development strategy (see S. 1560), S1623 [11MY]

Dept. of HUD: establish grant program to address crises in accessing affordable housing and child care through co-location of housing and child care (see S. 1738), S1745 [18MY] (see H.R. 3207), H2307 [11MY]

——— expand certain service coordinator programs (see H.R. 5177), H4171 [8AU]

——— making appropriations for certain Federal housing programs in event of Government shutdown (see H.R. 5814), H4854 [28SE]

Dept. of Justice: permit Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to be used for purpose of increasing compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers (see S. 1530), S1603 [10MY]

——— provide for Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program pilot program for local law enforcement agencies in rural areas to purchase naloxone to prevent and reduce opioid overdose deaths (see H.R. 4431), H3158 [30JN]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently authorize Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see H.R. 5929), H4998 [11OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish Outdoor Restoration Fund to provide grants for restoration and resilience projects (see S. 540), S531 [28FE] (see H.R. 1236), H968 [28FE]

——— increase transparency and accountability of Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (see S. 2674), S3756 [27JY]

Dept. of Transportation: consider cost of providing basic essential air service when selecting applicants for Essential Air Service program (see H.R. 2466), H1698 [3AP]

——— ensure Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program is accessible to rural areas (see H.R. 5437), H4296 [13SE]

——— improve process for awarding grants to counties in which majority of land is owned or managed by Federal Government and to other units of local government and Tribal governments in those counties (see S. 1579), S1624 [11MY] (see H.R. 3594), H2500 [22MY] (see H.R. 6890), H7006 [22DE]

——— increase mileage of Appalachian development highway system to provide improvements to and expansion of Corridor K in North Carolina (see S. 2997), S4826 [29SE] (see H.R. 5835), H4909 [29SE]

——— make improvements to Small Community Air Service Development Program (see S. 1438), S1505 [3MY]

——— modify eligibility requirements for Essential Air Service program (see H.R. 2467), H1698 [3AP]

——— reduce population definition of rural area to restrict eligibility to be considered under rural surface transportation grant program (see H.R. 3002), H2116 [28AP]

——— repeal Essential Air Service program (see H.R. 3822), H2741 [5JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reimburse cost of transportation by ambulance for highly rural veterans regardless of whether such veteran qualifies for payments or allowances for beneficiary travel (see S. 2263), S2360 [12JY]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: establish online portals to accept, process, and dispose of certain applications for placement of communications facilities on Federal lands (see H.R. 3299), H2343 [15MY]

Digital Literacy and Equity Commission: establish (see H.R. 6582), H6110 [4DE]

Economic Development Administration: provide grants for outdoor recreation projects to spur economic development in rural communities and provide training for rural communities on funding opportunities for outdoor recreation (see S. 2604), S3754 [27JY] (see H.R. 5052), H4141 [27JY]

EPA: provide grants to reduce amount of food waste (see S. 177), S172 [31JA] (see H.R. 652), H574 [31JA]

FAA: amend laws relative to apportionments for small airports under Airport Improvement Program (see S. 1046), S1053 [29MR]

——— define critical airport infrastructure (see H.R. 3059), H2125 [2MY]

——— establish program to provide assistance to underserved airports to improve passenger and flight capacity (see H.R. 2916), H2049 [26AP]

FCC: establish vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost Universal Service Program funding (see S. 275), S264 [7FE]

——— exclude placement, installation, or rebuilding of communications facilities following declared wildfire emergency from environmental or historical preservation review regulations (see H.R. 3296), H2343 [15MY]

——— improve access by Indian Tribes to support from universal service programs (see S. 2810), S4525 [14SE] (see H.R. 5494), H4345 [14SE]

——— issue rules for provision of emergency connectivity service (see H.R. 1353), H1112 [3MR]

——— prioritize timely processing of broadband expansion applications located in areas with shorter build seasons in Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction (see H.R. 43), H99 [9JA]

——— reform broadband permitting (see S. 2663), S3756 [27JY] (see H.R. 5242), H4191 [18AU]

Federal aid programs: make grants to Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, National 4–H Council, and National FFA Organization to establish pilot projects to expand programs carried out by organizations in rural areas and small towns (see H.R. 5622), H4454 [21SE]

——— provide technical assistance for geographically underserved and distressed areas (see H.R. 6621), H6207 [6DE]

——— simplify grant process for nonurbanized areas (see S. 375), S312 [9FE] (see H.R. 914), H823 [9FE]

Financial institutions: require appropriate Federal banking agencies to establish phase-in period for de novo financial institutions to comply with Federal capital standards and provide relief for de novo rural community banks (see H.R. 758), H675 [2FE]

Forest Service: improve assistance to community wood facilities (see S. 1735), S1744 [18MY] (see H.R. 2386), H1641 [29MR]

——— reauthorize Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (see S. 202), S203 [1FE] (see H.R. 4197), H2964 [16JN]

——— reauthorize flexible partnerships relative to lease agreements for administrative sites on National Forest System land to address local needs in rural communities (see S. 1693), S1743 [18MY] (see H.R. 3562), H2498 [22MY]

GAO: study accessibility of substance use disorder treatment and mental health care providers and services for farmers and ranchers (see S. 3206), S5338 [2NO]

——— study and report on extent and effects of commercial aviation pilot shortage on regional/commuter carriers (see S. 1659), S1704 [17MY]

Health: facilitate direct primary care arrangements (see H.R. 2884), H2047 [26AP] (see H.R. 3836), H2761 [6JN]

Health care facilities: repeal ban on provider-owned hospitals (see H.R. 2860), H1947 [25AP]

Health care professionals: increase number of physicians who may be provided waivers of foreign residence requirement to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see H.R. 4875), H3949 [25JY]

——— provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 665), S654 [6MR] (see H.R. 4942), H4030 [26JY]

Housing: establish permanent rural housing preservation and revitalization program (see S. 1490), S1566 [9MY]

——— reform rural housing programs (see S. 1389), S1440 [1MY] (see S. 2790), S4440 [13SE] (see H.R. 6785), H6983 [14DE]

Hunger: address infrastructure needs for food banks serving rural communities (see H.R. 5136), H4164 [4AU]

Information technology: facilitate expansion of broadband service to rural and Tribal communities through improved permitting efficiency (see H.R. 3307), H2344 [15MY]

——— modernize and streamline permitting process for broadband infrastructure on Federal land (see S. 2855), S4630 [20SE]

Medicare: ensure fairness in hospital payments by establishing floor for area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals (see H.R. 3635), H2595 [24MY]

——— expand eligibility for designation as rural emergency hospital (see S. 3394), S5749 [5DE]

——— extend Quality Payment Program-Small Practice, Underserved, and Rural Support program (see H.R. 5935), H5007 [12OC]

——— improve accuracy of geographic adjustment factors and permanently extend certain adjustments to such factors for certain localities (see H.R. 6313), H5651 [8NO]

——— improve work geographic index for physician payments and revise phase-in of clinical laboratory test payment changes (see H.R. 6366), H5727 [13NO]

——— include store-and-forward technologies as telecommunications systems through which telehealth services may be furnished for payment (see H.R. 197), H105 [9JA]

——— modernize provisions relating to rural health clinics (see S. 198), S203 [1FE] (see H.R. 3730), H2638 [25MY]

——— permit certain clinics to qualify as rural emergency hospital (see S. 3091), S5110 [19OC]

——— permit States to designate facilities located in rural areas as critical access hospitals without any mileage limitations (see H.R. 1128), H865 [21FE]

——— preserve access to rural health care by ensuring fairness in Medicare hospital payments (see S. 803), S797 [15MR]

——— protect access to telehealth services in rural and underserved communities (see S. 1636), S1704 [17MY] (see H.R. 3440), H2425 [17MY]

——— provide for coverage of certain pharmacist services in underserved areas (see S. 1491), S1566 [9MY]

——— provide for permanent payments for telehealth services furnished by federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 5611), H4437 [20SE]

——— provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 5256), H4196 [22AU]

——— reform graduate medical education program to support rural residency training funding that is equitable for all States (see S. 230), S229 [2FE] (see H.R. 834), H708 [6FE]

——— remove physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 1565), H1279 [10MR]

——— remove requirement that off-campus facilities or organizations shall be located within certain radius of hospital or critical access hospital (see H.R. 1129), H865 [21FE]

——— restore State authority to waive mileage rule for designating critical access hospitals for certain facilities (see S. 1571), S1623 [11MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve access to care for beneficiaries through models tested under Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (see H.R. 3069), H2125 [2MY]

——— provide for enhanced payments to rural health care providers (see H.R. 833), H708 [6FE]

National objectives: provide greater access to rural and agricultural media programming (see S. Res. 113), S799 [15MR] (see H. Res. 451), H2646 [26MY]

National Rural Health Day: designate (see S. Res. 470), S5541 [15NO]

——— support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 870), H5855 [14NO]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: submit report to Congress on plan to implement online application portal for placement of communications facilities on Federal lands (see H.R. 3343), H2346 [15MY]

Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act: amend (see S. 1898), S2028 [8JN] (see H.R. 3977), H2787 [9JN]

Postal Service: require prompt reconstruction of and restoration of suspended operation of rural post offices (see S. 2875), S4653 [21SE]

Power resources: prevent energy poverty in at-risk communities and ensure access to affordable energy in such communities (see S. 2826), S4526 [14SE] (see H.R. 5482), H4344 [14SE]

Real estate: establish moratorium on purchase of public or private real estate located in U.S. by foreign persons (see H.R. 840), H709 [6FE]

Renewable energy: prohibit investment by foreign adversaries in U.S. real estate suitable for renewable energy or renewable fuels production (see H.R. 1448), H1205 [8MR]

SBA: enhance Office of Rural Affairs (see H.R. 5425), H4295 [13SE]

——— establish rural manufacturing forgivable loan program (see H.R. 414), H249 [20JA]

——— exclude from limit on leverage certain amounts invested in smaller enterprises located in rural or low-income areas and small businesses in critical technology areas (see H.R. 5333), H4217 [1SE]

——— modify Federal and State Technology Partnership Program to make grants more competitive and give priority to underserved States (see S. 1003), S999 [28MR]

——— rename Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) program as Supporting Coaching Opportunities for Resilient Entrepreneurs (SCORE) (see S. 1896), S2028 [8JN]

——— require report on performance of Office of Rural Affairs and on certain memorandum of understanding between SBA and Dept. of Agriculture (see H.R. 5265), H4203 [25AU]

Schools: enable schools to provide science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) classrooms and laboratories and high-speed Internet and modernize, renovate, or repair career and technical education facilities (see S. 2167), S2223 [22JN]

SEC: expand access to capital for rural small businesses (see S. 294), S265 [7FE] (see H.R. 298), H203 [11JA]

——— revise shareholder threshold for registration under Securities Exchange Act for issuers that receive support through certain Federal universal service support mechanisms (see S. 3242), S5402 [7NO] (see H.R. 4360), H3142 [23JN]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: extend (see S. 2581), S3753 [27JY] (see H.R. 5030), H4140 [27JY]

States: make ineligible to receive funds under certain Federal programs unless State has in effect State law restricting purchase of agricultural land by certain foreign persons (see H.R. 4772), H3886 [20JY]

Taxation: allow refundable credit for purchase of communications signal boosters in areas with inadequate broadband Internet access service (see H.R. 6554), H6080 [1DE]

——— clarify treatment of locum tenens physicians and advanced care practitioners as independent contractors to help alleviate physician shortages, including in underserved areas (see H.R. 5208), H4186 [15AU]

——— establish special rules for capital gains invested in rural opportunity zones (see H.R. 3906), H2778 [7JN]

——— exclude from gross income interest received on certain loans secured by agricultural real property (see S. 2371), S3147 [19JY] (see H.R. 3139), H2170 [9MY]

——— exclude gain from sale or exchange of entire interest in wholly-owned rural incumbent local exchange carrier (see H.R. 1178), H874 [24FE]

——— extend certain incentives related to empowerment zones to District of Columbia (see H.R. 6488), H5936 [28NO]

——— modify work opportunity credit for certain at-risk youth employees and extend empowerment zones to encourage hiring of at-risk youth in high poverty areas (see S. 1276), S1340 [25AP] (see H.R. 2841), H1946 [25AP]

——— promote establishment and growth of small businesses (see H.R. 3937), H2785 [9JN]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see S. 2829), S4554 [18SE] (see H.R. 4355), H3142 [23JN]

——— provide for new markets tax credit investments in rural job zones (see S. 1455), S1534 [4MY] (see H.R. 5026), H4140 [27JY]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see S. 1557), S1623 [11MY] (see H.R. 3238), H2308 [11MY]

Telecommunications: invest in rural broadband infrastructure and recognize importance to rural communities (see H. Res. 317), H1914 [24AP]

Transportation: award grants to entities that provide transportation connectors from critically underserved urban and rural communities to green spaces (see S. 1440), S1533 [4MY] (see H.R. 3092), H2134 [5MY]

Water: establish trust fund to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure (see S. 938), S909 [22MR] (see H.R. 1729), H1327 [22MR]

——— promote water supply reliability and improved water management for rural communities (see H.R. 5483), H4344 [14SE]

——— provide assistance for disadvantaged communities (see H.R. 2521), H1708 [6AP]

——— provide for drought preparedness and improved water supply reliability (see S. 2102), S2186 [21JN]

Weather: require study of rural weather monitoring systems (see H.R. 4654), H3612 [14JY]

White House Rural Council: establish (see H.R. 6662), H6739 [7DE]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4368), H4510 [26SE], H4849 [28SE]

Remarks in House

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, H4565 [26SE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4368), H3901, H3904, H3906, H3944 [25JY], H3960, H3962, H3965, H3966, H4017–H4020 [26JY], H4037, H4058 [27JY], H4505–H4566 [26SE], H4649–H4659 [27SE], H4719, H4849 [28SE], E909, E916 [29SE], E924 [2OC]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4368), consideration (H. Res. 723), H4480–H4495 [26SE]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, H5092 [25OC]

Biden, President: evaluation of administration response to train derailment disaster in East Palestine, OH, H880 [27FE]

BLM: prohibit funding to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce ‘‘Draft Resource Management Plan or Draft Environmental Impact Statement’’ relative to Redding and Arcata, CA, field offices, H5331 [2NO]

Buche, R.F.: National Grocers Association Spirit of America Award recipient, E505 [31MY]

Buckingham Ranch, LLC: Montana Historical Society Centennial Farm and Ranch register honoree, E179 [7MR]

China: prohibit acquisition and ownership of U.S. agricultural land, H3955 [26JY]

——— prohibit foreign nationals associated with China from purchase of agricultural real estate or any land used for renewable energy in U.S., H1605, H1606 [29MR]

Clinton County, PA: anniversary of Clinton County Fair, H4015 [26JY]

Davis, Bart: University of Georgia College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences Georgia Ag Forecast Farmer of the Year award recipient, H1306 [22MR]

Delta Regional Authority: funding, H5093 [25OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: carry out initiative to develop, expand, and improve rural child care (H.R. 3922), H3862 [20JY]

——— codify Rural Hospital Technical Assistance Program (H.R. 4713), H5971 [29NO]

——— importance of rural development initiatives, H1233 [9MR]

——— improve access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, H4953 [3OC]

——— increase rural broadband speed requirements, H4534, H4535 [26SE]

——— make grants to States to support establishment of grocery stores in underserved areas (H.R. 1230), E163 [28FE]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs, H286 [25JA], H1332, H1335 [23MR], H2179 [10MY], H2506, H2509 [23MY], H2715 [5JN], H3076 [22JN], H3213 [12JY], H4059 [27JY], H4234 [12SE], H5941 [29NO]

——— Rural Business-Cooperative Service Rural Business Program funding, H4533, H4534 [26SE]

——— Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant Program funding, H4507 [26SE]

——— Rural Multi Family Rental Housing Loan Program funding, H4527 [26SE]

Dept. of Education: Rural Education Achievement Program funding, H5787 [14NO]

Dept. of HHS: ensure notification to employers of availability of tax-advantaged flexible health insurance benefits, focusing on small businesses in rural areas, H3033, H3034 [21JN]

——— establish rural provider demonstration program to provide payments on eligible loans for individuals eligible for National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (H.R. 1711), H5971 [29NO]

——— funding to purchase and implement telehealth services to improve health care coordination for rural veterans between rural providers and Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H5773 [14NO]

——— Rural Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance Program funding, H5774 [14NO]

——— Rural Residency Planning and Development Program funding, H5774 [14NO]

——— Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program funding, H5773 [14NO]

Dept. of HUD: Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program funding, H5504, H5505 [7NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: improve Financial Literacy for Students Initiative and target rural areas, H5583 [8NO]

Dept. of Transportation: Essential Air Service program funding, H3826–H3828 [19JY]

Earleyville Farm: Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture Century Farm designee, H4238 [12SE]

Endangered Species Act: improve and modernize, H2491–H2497 [22MY]

Executive Office of the President: ensure inflation estimate relative to Executive orders include spending patterns of military personnel, individuals in rural areas, and farm households, H945, H946 [28FE]

FAA: exempt nonhub airports from requirement to have at least one individual who maintains certification as emergency medical technician during air carrier operations, H3817 [19JY]

Farmington, NH: Farmington Water and Wastewater Dept., honoree in National Rural Water Association Water Taste Test, E127 [17FE]

FCC: issue rules for provision of emergency connectivity service (H.R. 1353), H1922–H1924 [25AP]

Firefighters: tribute, H2893 [14JN]

GAO: study impact of Federal Housing Finance Agency changes to loan level pricing adjustments for guarantee of single-family mortgages on affordable housing preservation, rural housing, and manufactured housing, H3124, H3125 [23JN]

Health: provide quality, affordable healthcare and mental health services to rural areas, H3961 [26JY]

Health care facilities: address issues impacting access to health care in rural areas, H1254 [10MR]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H5947 [29NO]

Lake County, CA: anniversary of Lake County Farm Bureau, E541 [12JN]

Lockhart, Lisa: American Rodeo barrel racing winner, E317 [17AP]

Medicare: ensure fairness in hospital payments by establishing floor for area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals, H5742 [14NO]

——— ensure fairness in hospital payments by establishing floor for area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals (H.R. 3635), H5971 [29NO]

——— provide for permanent payments for telehealth services furnished by federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics, H4388 [19SE]

——— reform graduate medical education program to support rural residency training funding that is equitable for all States (H.R. 834), H5971 [29NO]

National Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Week: observance, E258 [27MR]

National objectives: address nationwide increase in gun violence, H2747 [6JN], H2768 [7JN], H3580 [14JY], H3687–H3692 [18JY], H3940–H3944 [25JY]

National Rural Health Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 870), H5970–H5975 [29NO]

Pima, AZ: tribute to community members, H4270 [13SE]

Postal Service: maintain certain service standards for mail delivery, H5583 [8NO]

——— provide Congress with updated revenue and operating expenses from post office locations, H5585 [8NO]

Renewable energy: prohibit investment by foreign adversaries in U.S. real estate suitable for renewable energy or renewable fuels production, H1507 [28MR]

Rushville, IN: tribute to Rush Memorial Hospital, H4413 [20SE]

SEC: expand access to capital for rural small businesses (H.R. 298), H502–H504 [30JA], H657 [2FE], H1269 [10MR]

Taxation: exclude from gross income interest received on certain loans secured by agricultural real property (H.R. 3139), H2180 [10MY]

——— extend certain incentives related to empowerment zones to District of Columbia (H.R. 6488), E1133 [28NO]

——— reform low-income housing credit, H1336 [23MR]

Telecommunications: increase access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, H3955, H4020 [26JY]

Trantham, Daniel and Carla: Alabama Farmers Federation Alabama Outstanding Young Farm Family of the Year award recipient, E9 [10JA]

——— American Farm Bureau Federation Achievement Award recipient, E9 [10JA]

University of Georgia: Archway Partnership recipient of Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities C. Peter Magrath Award for Community Engagement, H118 [10JA]

Water: establish trust fund to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure (H.R. 1729), H1305 [22MR]

——— provide adequate funding for water infrastructure, H1471 [28MR]

Zillah, WA: Evergreen Rural Water of Washington (organization) Water Taste Test winner, E116 [10FE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4368), S4433–S4435 [13SE], S5128 [24OC]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4368), unanimous-consent request, S4504 [14SE]

AID: establish program in Office of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment to promote mobility in rural communities through access to affordable, fit-for-purpose bicycles (S. 437), S496 [27FE]

Biden, President: evaluation of administration relative to economy, S4576 [19SE]

Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: increase oversight of foreign direct investment in U.S. agricultural land (S. 1066), S978 [28MR]

Crime: address nationwide increase in violent crime, S411 [15FE], S617 [2MR], S661 [7MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize use of certain grants to deliver peer-to-peer mental health support to individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, farm work, and other occupations relating to agriculture (S. 2898), S4657 [21SE]

——— modify definitions of terms ‘‘rural’’ and ‘‘rural area’’ for purpose of grants and loans to remedy lack of compliance with certain drinking water standards (S. 2697), S3764 [27JY]

——— reauthorize and improve ReConnect loan and grant program (S. 1642), S2089 [14JN]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs, S109 [26JA], S2014 [8JN], S2268 [10JY], S2447 [13JY], S4570 [19SE], S5172–S5175 [25OC]

——— Rural Community Facilities Program funding, S1280 [20AP]

Dept. of Education: create demonstration program to encourage rural community stakeholders to partner together to help students enroll in college, graduate, and enter workforce (S. 965), S934 [23MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish rural provider demonstration program to provide payments on eligible loans for individuals eligible for National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (S. 940), S3872 [5SE]

——— reauthorize Rural Emergency Medical Service Training and Equipment Assistance Program (S. 265), S1064 [30MR], S3873 [5SE], S5966 [13DE]

FCC: establish vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost Universal Service Program funding (S. 275), S2087 [14JN]

——— support efforts to improve broadband infrastructure, S5482 [14NO]

FEMA: allow use of firefighter assistance grant funds to construct new facilities in certain rural communities, S1280, S1281 [20AP]

Forest Service: improve assistance to community wood facilities (S. 1735), S1749 [18MY]

Kirkbride, Jon and Dianne: Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame inductees, S3518 [25JY]

Medicare: restore State authority to waive mileage rule for designating critical access hospitals for certain facilities (S. 1571), S3871 [5SE]

National objectives: address nationwide increase in gun violence, S1222 [19AP], S1965 [6JN], S2021–S2023 [8JN]

National Rural Health Day: designate (S. Res. 470), S5558 [15NO]

RFD–TV (Nashville, TN): commend Senate approval of television station to Senate TV network, S1993 [7JN]

SEC: expand access to capital for rural small businesses (S. 294), S4325 [7SE]

Telecommunications: importance of services to rural and agricultural communities, S1993 [7JN]

——— invest in rural broadband infrastructure and recognize importance to rural communities, S2086–S2089 [14JN]

Reports filed

Advanced, Local Emergency Response Telecommunications (ALERT) Parity Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1353) (H. Rept. 118–39), H1914 [24AP]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4368) (H. Rept. 118–124), H3149 [27JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2131) (S. Rept. 118–44), S2221 [22JN]

Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2840), S5426 [8NO]

Consideration of H.R. 4368, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 723) (H. Rept. 118–216), H4496 [26SE]

COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1530), S2027 [8JN]

Dept. of HHS Rural Emergency Medical Service Training and Equipment Assistance Program Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 265), S3618 [26JY]

Eliminating Barriers to Rural Internet Development Grant Eligibility (E-BRIDGE) Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1752) (H. Rept. 118–229), H4853 [28SE]

Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3343) (H. Rept. 118–248), H5103 [25OC]

Medicaid Primary Care Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3836) (H. Rept. 118–170), H4216 [1SE]

SBA Office of Rural Affairs Enhancement: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 5425) (H. Rept. 118–221), H4496 [26SE]

SBA Rural Performance Report Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 5265) (H. Rept. 118–223), H4496 [26SE]

Small Business Jobs Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3937) (H. Rept. 118–128), H3156 [30JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4368), consideration (H. Res. 723), H4481 [26SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 723, consideration of H.R. 4368, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H4480 [26SE]

H.R. 298, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act, H503 [30JA]

H.R. 1353, Advanced, Local Emergency Response Telecommunications (ALERT) Parity Act, H1922 [25AP]

H.R. 4368, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H4511–H4524 [26SE]

S. 130, Rural Internet Improvement Act, S148–S150 [30JA]

S. 265, Rural Emergency Medical Service Training and Equipment Assistance Program reauthorization, S236 [2FE], S5967 [13DE]

S. 294, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act, S4325 [7SE]

S. 437, Bicycles for Rural African Transport Act, S427 [15FE]

S. 1276, Helping To Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for Youth Act, S1347 [25AP]

S. 1571, Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act, S1627 [11MY]

S. Res. 113, provide greater access to rural and agricultural media programming, S806 [15MR]

S. Res. 470, National Rural Health Day, S5553 [15NO]