PUBLIC LAW 107-149—MAR. 12, 2002 116 STAT. 67 SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL ON APPALACHIA. Section 104 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 40 USC app. 104. (1) by striking "The President" and inserting "(a) IN GEN- ERAL.—The President"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: " (b) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL ON APPALACHIA. — "(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—In carrying out subsection (a), the President shall establish an interagency council to be known as the 'Interagency Coordinating Council on Appalachia'. "(2) MEMBERSHIP.— The Council shall be composed of— "(A) the Federal Cochairman, who shall serve as Chairperson of the Council; and "(B) representatives of Federal agencies that carry out economic development programs in the region.". SEC. 5. TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE. Title II of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App.) is amended by inserting after section 202 the following: «SEC. 203. TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE. 40 USC app. 203. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Commission may provide technical assistance, make grants, enter into contracts, or otherwise provide funds to persons or entities in the region for projects— "(1) to increase affordable access to advanced telecommunications, entrepreneurship, and management technologies or applications in the region; "(2) to provide education and training in the use of telecommunications and technology; "(3) to develop programs to increase the readiness of industry groups and businesses in the region to engage in electronic commerce; or "(4) to support entrepreneurisil opportunities for businesses in the information technology sector. "(b) SOURCE OF FUNDING. — "(1) IN GENERAL. — Assistance under this section may be provided— "(A) exclusively from amounts made available to carry out this section; or "(B) from amoiuits made available to csirry out this section in combination with amounts made available under any other Federal program or from any other source. "(2) FEDERAL SHARE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN OTHER LAWS. — Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share under any other Federal program, amounts made available to carry out this section may be used to increase that Federal share, as the Commission determines to be appropriate. "(c) COST SHARING FOR GRANTS. — Not more than 50 percent (or 80 percent in the case of a project to be carried out in a county for which a distressed county designation is in effect under section 226) of the costs of any activity eligible for a grant under this section may be provided from funds appropriated to carry out this section.".
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