PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4057 SEC. 2391. RURAL HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT. 7 USC 2662 note. (a) GRANT FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.— The Secretary of Agriculture shall award a grant for the establishment of a project to demonstrate a model approach to improving rural health infrastructure. The project established with such grant shall— (1) carry out systematic, community-based rural health needs assessments; (2) identify and coordinate available health services resources; (3) improve community infrastructure through health education and information and leadership development and training; and (4) develop community generated heedth improvement strategies. (b) PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. — The project established under subsection (a) shall be implemented through the cooperation of— (1) an academic medical center with accredited health professions schools, including schools of medicine, dentistry, public health, nursing, and allied heedth; (2) the Cooperative Extension System of a land-grant university; and (3) county-based citizens' organizations concerned with rural health services. (c) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —To carry out subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary in each fiscal year. Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended. SEC. 2392. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE. The Secretary of Commerce shall include questions relating to agricultural accidents and farm safety in thes 1992 Census of Agriculture. SEC. 2393. LIMITATION ON CONDITIONS FOR WATER AND SEWER GRANTS 13 USC 142 note. AND LOANS. Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) is amended by adding after the paragraph added by section 2329 of this Act the following new paragraph: "(21) 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 Act.". SEC. 2394. ENCOURAGEMENT OF PRIVATE CONTRACTING. 7 USC 2204d. (a) IN GENERAL.— For the purpose of promoting local job creation and private sector investment in rural communities, the Secretary of Agriculture is encouraged, where appropriate and fesisible, to use private enterprise concerns located in rural areas, rather than government employees or government enterprises, to provide commercial activities or products to carry out the purposes of this title. (b) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall develop and implement a plan that will result in increasing the use of contracts awarded to private firms by the Department of Agriculture, and maximizing the use of grant, loan, or other financial Eissistance made for the purpose of rural development to provide the goods and services purchased to carry out the purposes of this title.
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