Sec. 106. Office of Technical and Rural Assistance
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The chief executive officer shall create and manage within IFA an office, to be known as the Office of Technical and Rural Assistance . The Office of Technical and Rural Assistance shall— in consultation with the Secretary, the Secretary of Transportation, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, as determined by the chief executive officer, provide technical assistance to State and local governments and parties in public-private partnerships in the development and financing of eligible infrastructure projects, including rural infrastructure projects; assist the entities described in paragraph
(1)with coordinating loan and loan guarantee programs available through Federal agencies, including the Department of Transportation and other Federal agencies as appropriate; and work with the entities described in paragraph
(1)to identify and develop a pipeline of projects suitable for financing through innovative project financing and performance based project delivery, including those projects with the potential for financing through IFA.