§1926. Water and waste facility loans and grants
(a) Criteria; definitions; limitation on allowable uses of Federal funds; inclusion of interest or other income in gross income on sale of insured loan
(1) The Secretary is also authorized to make or insure loans to associations, including corporations not operated for profit, Indian tribes on Federal and State reservations and other federally recognized Indian tribes, and public and quasi-public agencies to provide for the application or establishment of soil conservation practices, shifts in land use, the conservation, development, use, and control of water, and the installation or improvement of drainage or waste disposal facilities, recreational developments, and essential community facilities including necessary related equipment, all primarily serving farmers, ranchers, farm tenants, farm laborers, rural businesses, and other rural residents, and to furnish financial assistance or other aid in planning projects for such purposes. The Secretary may also make loans to any borrower to whom a loan has been made under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), for the conservation, development, use, and control of water, and the installation of drainage or waste disposal facilities, primarily serving farmers, ranchers, farm tenants, farm laborers, rural businesses, and other rural residents. When any loan made for a purpose specified in this paragraph is sold out of the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund as an insured loan, the interest or other income thereon paid to an insured holder shall be included in gross income for purposes of chapter 1 of title 26. With respect to loans of less than $500,000 made or insured under this paragraph that are evidenced by notes and mortgages, as distinguished from bond issues, borrowers shall not be required to appoint bond counsel to review the legal validity of the loan whenever the Secretary has available legal counsel to perform such review.
(2) The Secretary is authorized to make grants aggregating not to exceed $500,000,000 in any fiscal year to such associations to finance specific projects for works for the development, storage, treatment, purification, or distribution of water or the collection, treatment, or disposal of waste in rural areas. The amount of any grant made under the authority of this paragraph shall not exceed 75 per centum of the development cost of the project to serve the area which the association determines can be feasibly served by the facility and to adequately serve the reasonably foreseeable growth needs of the area. The Secretary shall fix the grant rate for each project in conformity with regulations issued by the Secretary that shall provide for a graduated scale of grant rates establishing higher rates for projects in communities that have lower community population and income levels.
(3) No grant shall be made under paragraph (2) of this subsection in connection with any project unless the Secretary determines that the project (i) will serve a rural area which, if such project is carried out, is not likely to decline in population below that for which the project was designed, (ii) is designed and constructed so that adequate capacity will or can be made available to serve the present population of the area to the extent feasible and to serve the reasonably foreseeable growth needs of the area, and (iii) is necessary for an orderly community development consistent with a comprehensive community water, waste disposal, or other development plan of the rural area.
(4)(A) The term "development cost" means the cost of construction of a facility and the land, easements, and rights-of-way, and water rights necessary to the construction and operation of the facility.
(B) The term "project" shall include facilities providing central service or facilities serving individual properties, or both.
(5) Repealed. Pub. L. 92 419, title I, §110, Aug. 30, 1972,
(6) The Secretary may make grants aggregating not to exceed $30,000,000 in any fiscal year to public bodies or such other agencies as the Secretary may determine having authority to prepare comprehensive plans for the development of water or waste disposal systems in rural areas which do not have funds available for immediate undertaking of the preparation of such plan.
(7) As used in this chapter, the terms "rural" and "rural area" shall not include any area in any city or town which has a population in excess of ten thousand inhabitants, except that (A) for the purpose of loans for essential community facilities under subsection (a)(1) of this section, the terms "rural" and "rural area" may include any area in any city or town that has a population not in excess of twenty thousand inhabitants; and (B) for purposes of loans and grants for private business enterprises under sections 1924(b), 1932 and 1942(b), (c), and (d) of this title the terms "rural" and "rural area" may include all territory of a State that is not within the outer boundary of any city having a population of fifty thousand or more and its immediately adjacent urbanized and urbanizing areas with a population density of more than one hundred persons per square mile, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture according to the latest decennial census of the United States: Provided, That special consideration for such loans and grants shall be given to areas other than cities having a population of more than twenty-five thousand.
(8) In each instance where the Secretary receives two or more applications for financial assistance for projects that would serve substantially the same group of residents within a single rural area, and one such application is submitted by a city, town, county or other unit of general local government, he shall, in the absence of substantial reasons to the contrary, provide such assistance to such city, town, county or other unit of general local government.
(9) No Federal funds shall be authorized for use unless it be certified by the appropriate State water pollution control agency that the water supply system authorized will not result in pollution of waters of the State in excess of standards established by that agency.
(10) In the case of sewers and waste disposal systems, no Federal funds shall be advanced hereunder unless the appropriate State water pollution control agency shall certify that the effluent therefrom shall conform with appropriate State and Federal water pollution control standards when and where established.
(11)(A)(i) The Secretary may make grants, not to exceed $15,000,000 annually, to public bodies, private nonprofit community development corporations or entities, or such other agencies as the Secretary may select to enable such recipients-
(I) to identify and analyze business opportunities, including opportunities in export markets, that will use local rural economic and human resources;
(II) to identify, train, and provide technical assistance to existing or prospective rural entrepreneurs and managers;
(III) to establish business support centers and otherwise assist in the creation of new rural businesses, the development of methods of financing local businesses, and enhancing the capacity of local individuals and entities to engage in sound economic activities; and
(IV) to conduct regional, community, and local economic development planning and coordination, and leadership development.
(ii) In awarding such grants, the Secretary shall consider, among other criteria to be established by the Secretary-
(I) the extent to which the applicant provides development services in its rural service area; and
(II) the capability of the applicant to carry out the purposes of this section.
(iii) The Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that assistance provided under this subsection is coordinated with and delivered in cooperation with similar services or assistance provided to rural residents by the Extension Service or other Federal agencies.
(iv) For grants under this subparagraph, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $7,500,000 in each fiscal year.
(B)(i) The Secretary shall establish and implement a program to make loans for the benefit of any town or city that-
(I) has a population of less than 20,000 individuals; and
(II) is financially unable to obtain funds as quickly as needed to correct emergency conditions or situations needing urgent attention.
(ii) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations-
(I) targeting the program established under this subparagraph toward needy communities in rural areas; and
(II) defining the term "emergency conditions or situations needing urgent attention".
(iii) The Secretary shall approve or reject applications for loans under this subparagraph within 30 days after receipt.
(iv) The Secretary shall not loan more than $50,000 to a single borrower under this subparagraph, and all loans under this subparagraph shall be for not more than 2 years.
(v) The Secretary may respond to the credit needs of rural towns or cities eligible to participate in the program authorized under this subparagraph by making loans that are eligible for refinancing after the expiration of the 2-year period described in clause (iv), and payments under such loans may be set at a level that is sufficiently low during such 2-year period so that the financially troubled town or city can participate in the program established under this subparagraph. The Secretary shall assist such borrowers in obtaining financing through existing Farmers Home Administration programs so that such borrowers are able to pay the balance due on each loan at the end of such 2-year period.
(vi) To carry out the emergency lending program authorized by the program established under this subparagraph, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1991, and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and for each subsequent fiscal year.
(12)(A) The Secretary shall, in cooperation with institutions eligible to receive funds under the Act of July 2, 1862 (
(B) The informational system developed under this paragraph shall contain all pertinent information, including, but not limited to, information contained in the Federal Procurement Data System, Federal Assistance Program Retrieval System, Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance, Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds, United States Census, and Code of Federal Regulations.
(C) The Secretary shall obtain from all other Federal departments and agencies comprehensive, relevant, and applicable information on programs under their jurisdiction that are operated in rural areas.
(D) Of the sums authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this chapter, not more than $1,000,000 per year may be expended to carry out the provisions of this paragraph.
(13) In the making of loans and grants for community waste disposal and water facilities under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection the Secretary shall accord highest priority to the application of any municipality or other public agency (including an Indian tribe on a Federal or State reservation or other federally recognized Indian tribal group) in a rural community having a population not in excess of five thousand five hundred and which, in the case of water facility loans, has a community water supply system, where the Secretary determines that due to unanticipated diminution or deterioration of its water supply, immediate action is needed, or in the case of waste disposal, has a community waste disposal system, where the Secretary determines that due to unanticipated occurrences the system is not adequate to the needs of the community. The Secretary shall utilize the Soil Conservation Service in rendering technical assistance to applicants under this paragraph to the extent he deems appropriate.
(14)(A) The Secretary, under such reasonable rules and conditions as he shall establish, shall make grants to eligible volunteer fire departments for up to 50 per centum of the cost of firefighting equipment needed by such departments but which such departments are unable to purchase through the resources otherwise available to them, and for the cost of the training necessary to enable such departments to use such equipment efficiently.
(B) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "eligible volunteer fire department" means any established volunteer fire department in a rural town, village, or unincorporated area where the population is less than two thousand but greater than two hundred, as reasonably determined by the Secretary.
(15)(A) The Secretary may make or insure loans in the full amount thereof, but not to exceed $1,000,000 for any such loan, to associations, including corporations not operated for profit, Indian tribes on Federal and State reservations and other federally recognized Indian tribes, and public and quasi-public agencies, for the purpose of financing the construction, acquisition, and operation of transmission facilities for any electric system that is owned and operated by a public body located in a rural area and as of October 1, 1976, was receiving bulk power from any of the following agencies of the Department of the Interior:
(i) the Southwestern Power Administration,
(ii) the Southeastern Power Administration,
(iii) the Bonneville Power Administration,
(iv) the Bureau of Reclamation, or
(v) the Alaska Power Administration.
A loan may not be made or insured under this paragraph unless the Secretary determines that the applicant for the loan cannot obtain sufficient credit elsewhere from reliable sources at reasonable rates and terms for financing the construction, acquisition, and operation of such facilities.
(B) Interest or other income from obligations evidencing loans guaranteed under this paragraph shall be included in gross income for the purposes of chapter 1 of title 26.
(C) The authority provided to the Secretary by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall terminate September 30, 2006.
(16)(A) The Secretary may make grants to private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of enabling them to provide to associations described in paragraph (1) of this subsection technical assistance and training to-
(i) identify, and evaluate alternative solutions to, problems relating to the obtaining, storage, treatment, purification, or distribution of water or the collection, treatment, or disposal of waste in rural areas;
(ii) prepare applications to receive financial assistance for any purpose specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection from any public or private source; and
(iii) improve the operation and maintenance practices at any existing works for the storage, treatment, purification, or distribution of water or the collection, treatment, or disposal of waste in rural areas.
(B) In selecting recipients of grants to be made under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give priority to private nonprofit organizations that have experience in providing the technical assistance and training described in subparagraph (A) to associations serving rural areas in which residents have low income and in which water supply systems or waste facilities are unhealthful.
(C) Not less than 1 nor more than 2 per centum of any funds provided in Appropriations Acts to carry out paragraph (2) of this subsection for any fiscal year shall be reserved for grants under subparagraph (A) unless the applications, qualifying for grants, received by the Secretary from eligible nonprofit organizations for the fiscal year total less than 1 per centum of those funds.
(17) In the case of water and waste disposal facility projects serving more than one separate rural community, the Secretary shall use the median population level and the community income level of all the separate communities to be served in applying the standards specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection and section 1927(a)(3)(A) of this title.
(18) Grants under paragraph (2) of this subsection may be used to pay the local share requirements of another Federal grant-in-aid program to the extent permitted under the law providing for such grant-in-aid program.
(19)(A) In the approval and administration of a loan made under paragraph (1) for a water or waste disposal facility, the Secretary shall consider fully any recommendation made by the loan applicant or borrower concerning the technical design and choice of materials to be used for such facility.
(B) If the Secretary determines that a design or materials, other than those that were recommended, should be used in the water or waste disposal facility, the Secretary shall provide such applicant or borrower with a comprehensive justification for such determination.
(20) In making or insuring loans or making grants under this subsection, the Secretary may not condition approval of such loans or grants upon any requirement, condition or certification other than those specified under this chapter.
(b) Curtailment or limitation of service prohibited
The service provided or made available through any such association shall not be curtailed or limited by inclusion of the area served by such association within the boundaries of any municipal corporation or other public body, or by the granting of any private franchise for similar service within such area during the term of such loan; nor shall the happening of any such event be the basis of requiring such association to secure any franchise, license, or permit as a condition to continuing to serve the area served by the association at the time of the occurrence of such event.
(c) Repealed. Pub. L. 91 606, title III, §302(2), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1759
(d) Carryover of unused authorizations for appropriations
Any amounts appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended, and any amounts authorized for any fiscal year under this section but not appropriated may be appropriated for any succeeding fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 87 128, title III, §306, Aug. 8, 1961,
References in Text
The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is act May 20, 1936, ch. 432,
For definition of "this chapter", referred to in subsec. (a)(7), (12)(D), (20), see note set out under section 1921 of this title.
Act of July 2, 1862 (
Act of August 30, 1890 (
Amendments
1994-Subsec. (a)(15)(C), (D). Pub. L. 103 354 redesignated subpar. (D) as (C) and struck out former subpar. (C) which read as follows: "The Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration shall administer loans made or insured under this paragraph."
1993-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103 129 inserted after first sentence "The Secretary may also make loans to any borrower to whom a loan has been made under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), for the conservation, development, use, and control of water, and the installation of drainage or waste disposal facilities, primarily serving farmers, ranchers, farm tenants, farm laborers, rural businesses, and other rural residents."
1991-Subsec. (a)(11)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 102 237, §701(a)(1), in subcl. (I) inserted "and" after semicolon and in subcl. (II) substituted a period for "; and".
Subsec. (a)(12)(D), (20). Pub. L. 102 237, §701(h)(1)(A), (B), substituted "this chapter" for "this Act".
Subsec. (a)(21). Pub. L. 102 237, §701(a)(2), struck out par. (21) which was identical to par. (20).
1990-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101 624, §2328, inserted "rural businesses," after "farm laborers,".
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 101 624, §2321, struck out ": Provided, That for fiscal years commencing after September 30, 1981, such grants may not exceed $154,900,000 in any fiscal year" after "in rural areas".
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 101 624, §2316(b), struck out "and not inconsistent with any planned development provided in any State, multijurisdictional, county, or municipal plan approved by competent authority for the area in which the rural community is located, and the Secretary shall require the submission of all applications for financial assistance under this section to the multijurisdictional substate areawide general purpose planning and development agency that has been officially designated as a clearinghouse agency under Office of Management and Budget Circular A 95 and to the county or municipal government having jurisdiction over the area in which the proposed project is to be located for review and comment within a designated period of time not to exceed 30 days concerning among other considerations, the effect of the project upon the areawide goals and plans of such agency or government. No loan under this section shall be made that is inconsistent with any multijurisdictional planning and development district areawide plan of such agency. The Secretary is authorized to reimburse such agency or government for the cost of making the required review. Until October 1, 1973, the Secretary may make grants prior to the completion of the comprehensive plan, if the preparation of such plan has been undertaken for the area" after "of the rural area".
Subsec. (a)(11). Pub. L. 101 624, §§2341, 2342, amended par. (11) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (11) read as follows: "The Secretary may make grants, not to exceed $15,000,000 annually, to public bodies or such other agencies as the Secretary may select to provide rural development technical assistance, rural community leadership development, and community and areawide rural development planning."
Subsec. (a)(20). Pub. L. 101 624, §2329, added par. (20).
Subsec. (a)(21). Pub. L. 101 624, §2393, added par. (21).
1986-Subsec. (a)(1), (15)(B). Pub. L. 99 514 substituted "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954", which for purposes of codification was translated as "title 26" thus requiring no change in text.
1985-Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 99 198 provided for graduated scale of grant rates for each project and higher rates in communities having lower community population and income levels.
Subsec. (a)(16) to (19). Pub. L. 99 198 added pars. (16) to (19).
1981-Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 97 35 inserted provisions limiting grants for fiscal years after Sept. 30, 1981.
1980-Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 96 438 provided that for the purpose of loans for essential community facilities under subsection (a)(1) of this section, terms "rural" and "rural area" may include any area in any city or town with a population not in excess of twenty thousand.
Subsec. (a)(11) to (15). Pub. L. 96 355 in par. (11) substituted provisions authorizing annual grants not to exceed $15,000,000 for rural development technical assistance, rural community leadership development, etc., for provisions authorizing annual grants not to exceed $10,000,000 for preparation of comprehensive plans for rural development or designated aspects of such rural development, added par. (12), and redesignated former pars. (12) to (14) as (13) to (15), respectively.
1978-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 95 334, §104, inserted provisions respecting bond counsel requirements for loans under $500,000.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 95 334, §105, substituted "$500,000,000" for "$300,000,000" and "75" for "50".
Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 95 334, §106, struck out references to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Subsec. (a)(14). Pub. L. 95 334, §107(a), added par. (14).
1973-Subsec. (a)(13). Pub. L. 91 524, title VIII, §816(c), as added by Pub. L. 93 86 added par. (13).
1972-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 92 419, §104(1), (2), authorized loans to Indian tribes on Federal and State reservations and other federally recognized Indian tribes and included as an allowable use provision for essential community facilities including necessary related equipment, respectively.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 92 419, §105, substituted "$300,000,000" for "$100,000,000".
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 92 419, §§106, 107, substituted "project" for "facility" where first appearing; in item (i), substituted "project" for "facility" and inserted in such text ", if such project is carried out,"; in item (ii), substituted "will or can be" for "will be or can be"; substituted "and (iii)" for "or (iii)" and in such item (iii), substituted "an orderly community development consistent with a comprehensive community water, waste disposal, or other development plan" and "development provided in any State, multijurisdictional, county, or municipal plan approved by competent authority" for "orderly community development consistent with a comprehensive community water or sewer development plan" and "development under State, county, or municipal plans approved as official plans by competent authority", substituted "Secretary shall require the submission of all applications for financial assistance under this section to the multijurisdictional substate areawide general purpose planning and development agency that has been officially designated as a clearinghouse agency under Office of Management and Budget Circular A 95 and to the county or municipal government having jurisdiction over the area in which the proposed project is to be located for review and comment within a designated period of time not to exceed 30 days concerning among other considerations, the effect of the project upon the areawide goals and plans of such agency or government" for "Secretary shall establish regulations requiring the submission of all applications for financial assistance under this chapter to the county or municipal government in which the proposed project is to be located for review and comment by such agency within a designated period of time"; prohibited loans inconsistent with multijurisdictional planning and development district areawide plan of the agency; authorized agency or government reimbursement for cost of making the review; and extended authority for making grants prior to completion of the comprehensive plan from Oct. 1, 1971 to Oct. 1, 1973.
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 92 419, §110, struck out provisions of former par. (5) which prohibited any loan or grant under subsec. (a) of this section which would cause the unpaid principal indebtedness of any association under this chapter and Act Aug. 28, 1937, as amended (superseded by this chapter), together with amount of any assistance in the form of a grant to exceed $4,000,000 at any one time.
Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 92 419, §108, substituted "$30,000,000" for "$15,000,000", struck out "official" before "comprehensive plans", and substituted "waste disposal systems" for "sewer systems".
Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 92 419, §109, substituted definition of "rural" and "rural area" as excluding an area in a city or town with a population in excess of ten thousand inhabitants for prior provision for rural areas for purposes of water and waste disposal projects excluding an area in a city or town with a population in excess of 5,500 inhabitants, provided exception provision and special consideration for loans and grants to areas other than cities having a population of more than twenty-five thousand.
Subsec. (a)(11), (12). Pub. L. 92 419, §§111, 112, added pars. (11) and (12).
1970-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 91 617 required inclusion in gross income of the interest or other income paid to an insured holder when any loan made for a purpose specified in subsec. (a)(1) is sold out of the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund as an insured loan.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91 606 repealed subsec. (c), added by Pub. L. 89 769, §6(b), Nov. 6, 1966,
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 91 524 added subsec. (d).
1968-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90 488 substituted "$100,000,000" for "$50,000,000" in par. (2), "1971" for "1968" in par. (3), and "$15,000,000" for "$5,000,000" in par. (6), respectively.
1966-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89 769 added subsec. (c).
1965-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89 240 designated existing provisions as par. (1), struck out "including the development of recreational facilities" after "shifts in land use", substituted "drainage or waste disposal facilities" for "drainage facilities", inserted "and recreational developments", deleted provisions which prohibited loans which would cause an association's unpaid principal indebtedness to exceed $500,000, in the case of direct loans and $1,000,000 in the case of insured loans at any one time, and added pars. (2) to (10).
1962-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87 703 authorized loans to be made or insured to provide for the application or establishment of shifts in land use including the development of recreational facilities.
Effective Date of 1991 Amendment
Amendment by section 701(a) of Pub. L. 102 237 effective as if included in the provision of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101 624, to which the amendment relates, and amendment by section 701(h)(1)(A), (B) of Pub. L. 102 237 to any provision specified therein effective as if included in act that added provision so specified at the time such act became law, see section 1101(b)(6), (c) of Pub. L. 102 237, set out as a note under section 1421 of this title.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96 355 effective Oct. 1, 1980, see section 10 of Pub. L. 96 355, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2204b of this title.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Section 105 of Pub. L. 95 334 provided that the amendment made by that section is effective Oct. 1, 1978.
Effective Date of 1970 Amendments
Section 1(b) of Pub. L. 91 617 provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to the insured loans sold out of the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 31, 1970]."
Amendment by Pub. L. 91 606 effective Dec. 31, 1970, see section 304 of Pub. L. 91 606, set out as a note under section 165 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
Effective Date of 1966 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 89 769 applicable with respect to any major disaster occurring after Oct. 3, 1964, see section 14 of Pub. L. 89 769.
Transfer of Functions
Powers, duties, and assets of agencies, offices, and other entities within Department of Agriculture relating to rural development functions transferred to Rural Development Administration by section 2302(b) of Pub. L. 101 624.
Functions of Secretary of the Interior with respect to Southwestern Power Administration, Southeastern Power Administration, Bonneville Power Administration, Alaska Power Administration, and power marketing functions of Bureau of Reclamation transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 7152(a) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, with each Administration to be preserved as a distinct organizational entity within Department of Energy and headed by an Administrator and functions of Bureau of Reclamation transferred to be exercised by Secretary through a separate Administration within Department of Energy.
Temporary Expanded Eligibility of Certain Timber-Dependent Communities in Pacific Northwest for Loans and Grants From Rural Development Administration
Pub. L. 103 427, Oct. 31, 1994,
"(a)
"(1) Timber-dependent communities in the Pacific Northwest have contributed significantly to the economic needs of the United States and have helped ensure an adequate national supply of timber and timber products.
"(2) A significant portion of the timber traditionally harvested in the Pacific Northwest is derived from Federal forest lands, and these forests have played an important role in sustaining local economies.
"(b)
"(1) part or all of which lies within 100 miles of the boundary of a national forest covered by the Federal document entitled 'Forest Plan for a Sustainable Economy and a Sustainable Environment', dated July 1, 1993;
"(2) that is located in a county in which at least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry, wood products, or forest-related industries such as recreation and tourism; and
"(3) that has a population of not more than 25,000 inhabitants.
"(c)
Rural Wastewater Treatment Circuit Rider Program
Section 2324 of Pub. L. 101 624 provided that:
"(a)
"(b)
Interest Rate Restructuring for Certain Borrowers
Pub. L. 100 233, title VI, §615(b)(2), Jan. 6, 1988,
Lease of Certain Acquired Property
Pub. L. 100 233, title VI, §620, Jan. 6, 1988,
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1926 1, 1927, 1929, 1929a, 1931, 1932, 1983a, 1992, 2001a, 2008, 2008b, 2008c, 2204b, 6942, 6944 of this title; title 16 section 2106; title 42 sections 3122, 5153.