12 2 STA T . 11 70PUBLIC LA W 110 – 2 34—M A Y 22 , 200 8SEC.6018 . D E FIN I T I O NS. (a)RURALA R E A .—Section34 3(a) o f t h e C on s o l i d ated F a rm and R u ral D e v elo p ment Act ( 7U .S.C. 19 91(a)) is amended by stri k in g paragraph (13) and inserting the follo w ing
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‘(13) RURAL A ND RURAL AREA.— ‘‘(A) I N G ENERAL.—Sub j ect to subparagraphs ( B ) through ( G ) , the terms ‘rural ’ and ‘rural area’ mean any area other than— ‘‘(i) a city or town that has a population of greater than 50 ,000 inhabitants
and ‘‘(ii) any urbani z ed area contiguous and adjacent to a city or town described in clause (i). ‘‘(B) W A T ER AND W A S TED I S PO SAL GRANTS AND DIRE C T AND GUARANTEED LOANS.—For the purpose of water and waste disposal grants and direct and guaranteed loans provided under paragraphs (1), ( 2 ), and (24) of section 30 6 (a), the terms ‘rural’ and ‘rural area’ mean a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population of no more than 10,000 inhabitants. ‘‘(C) CO M MUNIT YF ACILITY LOANS AND GRANTS.—For the purpose of community facility direct and guaranteed loans and grants under paragraphs (1), (19), (20), (21), and (24) of section 306(a), the terms ‘rural’ and ‘rural area’ mean any area other than a city, town, or unincorporated area that has a population of greater than 20,000 inhabitants. ‘‘(D) AREAS RURAL IN C H ARACTER.— ‘‘(i) APPLICATION.— T his subparagraph applies to— ‘‘(I) an urbanized area described in subpara - graphs (A)(ii) and (F) that— ‘‘(aa) has 2 points on its boundary that are at least 40 miles apart; and ‘‘(bb) is not contiguous or adjacent to a city or town that has a population of greater than 150,000 inhabitants or an urbanized area of such city or town; and ‘‘(II) an area within an urbanized area described in subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (F) that is within 1⁄4 -mile of a rural area described in subparagraph (A). ‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION.— N otwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, on the petition of a unit of local government in an area described in clause (i) or on the initiative of the Under Secretary for Rural Development, the Under Secretary may determine that a part of an area described in clause (i) is a rural area for the purposes of this paragraph, if the Under Secretary finds that the part is rural in character, as determined by the Under Secretary. ‘‘(iii) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out this subparagraph, the Under Secretary for Rural Develop- ment shall— ‘‘(I) not delegate the authority to carry out this subparagraph; ‘‘(II) consult with the applicable rural develop- ment State or regional director of the Department of Agriculture and the governor of the respective State;
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