12 2 STA T . 1 9 2 7PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 46—J U NE 1 8, 2008 elig i b le foras sis t a nc efort h e pu rposes d escribed in subsection ( a ) ( 1 ) , as deter m ined b y the S ecretary .’ ’
and ( C ) in paragraph ( 8 )( A )(ii), by stri k ing ‘ ‘a pro j ect — ’’ and all that follo w s through the end of subclause ( I I) and inserting ‘‘a project that— ‘‘(I)(aa) is in a rural area; and ‘‘(bb) pro v ides for the value - added processing of agricultural commodities; or ‘‘(II) significantly benefits 1 or more entities eligible for assistance for the purposes described in subsection (a)(1), as determined by the Sec- retary.’’. (b) C ONF O RMI N G AM E N D MEN TS .— (1) Section 307 (a)( 6 )( B ) of the Consolidated F arm and R ural D evelopment Act (7 U .S.C. 1 92 7(a)(6)(B)) is amended by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following
‘‘(ii) section 310B(a)(2)(A); and’’. (2) Section 310B(g) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ each place it appears in paragraphs (1), (6)(A)(iii), and (8)(C) and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(2)(A)’’. (3) Section 333A(g)(1)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1983a(g)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 310B(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 310B(a)(2)(A)’’. ( 4 ) Section 381 E (d)(3)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009d(d)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 310B(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 310B(a)(2)(A)’’. SEC.6013 . RU R AL C O O P ERA TIV E D EVELOP M E N T G RANTS. (a) E L IGI B ILIT Y .—Section 310B(e)( 5 ) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(e)(5)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘administering a nationally coordinated, regionally or State-wide operated project’’ and inserting ‘‘carrying out activities to promote and assist the development of cooperatively and mutually owned businesses’’; (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘to promote and assist the development of cooperatively and mutually owned businesses’’ before the semicolon; (3) by striking subparagraph (D); (4) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (D); (5) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (6) by inserting after subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated) the following: ‘‘(E) demonstrate a commitment to— ‘‘(i) networking with and sharing the results of the efforts of the center with other cooperative develop- ment centers and other organi z ations involved in rural economic development efforts; and ‘‘(ii) developing multiorganization and multistate approaches to addressing the economic development and cooperative needs of rural areas; and’’; and
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