7 USC 2662a: Demonstration projects
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7 USC 2662a: Demonstration projects Text contains those laws in effect on January 4, 1995
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 59-RURAL FIRE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONSUBCHAPTER II-RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
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§2662a. Demonstration projects

The Secretary shall establish a program of competitive grants to rural areas to serve as demonstration areas for rural economic development and as models of such development for other areas. In awarding such grants, the Secretary shall favorably consider a request for funds from a rural area that the Secretary determines-

(1) demonstrates the ability to supplement the grant funds provided under this section with other funds from State, local, or private sources;

(2) demonstrates the ability to use the grant funds to increase employment in the area; and

(3) can successfully serve as a demonstration area to share the results of the project to the benefit of other rural areas in the region.

(Pub. L. 101 624, title XXIII, §2348, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4037.)

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Rural Economic Development Act of 1990, and also as part of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, and not as part of title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972, which comprises this subchapter.