PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 116 STAT. 373 Effective date. Termination date. SEC. 6027. DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY. (a) VOTING. —Section 382B(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa-l(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: " (1) IN GENERAL.— "(A) TEMPORARY METHOD.—During the period beginning on the date of enactment of this subparagraph and ending on December 31, 2004, a decision by the Authority shall require the affirmative vote of the Federal cochairperson and a majority of the State members (not including any member representing a State that is delinquent under subsection (g)(2)(C)) to be effective. "(B) PERMANENT METHOD.—Effective beginning on Effective date January 1, 2005, a decision by the Authority shall require a majority vote of the Authority (not including any member representing a State that is delinquent under subsection (g)(2)(C)) to be effective.". (b) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REGULATIONS.— Section 382B(e)(4) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 tJ.S.C. 2009aa-1(e)(4)) is amended by striking "and rules" and inserting ", rules, and regulations". (c) ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. —Section 382C(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa-2(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (3). (d) SUPPLEMENTS TO FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS. —Section 382D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa-3) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 382D. SUPPLEMENTS TO FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS. "(a) FINDING.— Congress finds that certain States and local communities of the region, including local development districts, may be unable to take maximum advantage of Federal grant programs for which the States and communities are eligible because— "(1) the States or communities lack the economic resources to provide the required matching share; or "(2) there are insufficient funds available under the applicable Federal law authorizing the Federal grant program to meet pressing needs of the region. " (b) FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING. —Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share, the areas eligible for assistance, or the authorizations of appropriations of any Federal grant program, and in accordance with subsection (c), the Authority, with the approval of the Federal cochairperson and with respect to a project to be carried out in the region— "(1) may increase the Federal share of the costs of a project under the Federal grant program to not more than 90 percent (except as provided in section 382F(b)); and "(2) shall use amounts made available to carry out this subtitle to pay the increased Federal share. " (c) CERTIFICATIONS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any project for which all or any portion of the basic Federal share of the costs of the project is proposed to be paid under this section, no Federal contribution shall be made until the Federal official administering the Federal law that authorizes the Federal grant program certifies that the project—
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