Sec. 12008. Rural partnership program
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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $873,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2031, to provide grants to support rural development under this subsection, subject to the condition that the recipient of a grant under this subsection shall contribute a non-Federal match of 25 percent of the amount of the grant, which may be satisfied through an in-kind contribution, except that the Secretary may waive such matching requirement on a finding that the recipient of the applicable grant is economically distressed.
The Secretary shall establish a formula pursuant to which the Secretary shall allocate, for each State and for Tribal governments, an amount to be provided under this subsection to eligible applicants described in paragraph (3). The formula established under subparagraph
(A)shall include a graduated scale for the amount to be allocated under this subsection for eligible applicants in each State and eligible applicants of Tribal governments, with higher amounts provided based on lower populations and lower income levels, as determined by the Secretary. In awarding grants under this subsection to eligible applicants in each State and eligible applicants of Tribal governments, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible applicants representing a micropolitan statistical area (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget in OMB Bulletin No. 20-01 (effective March 2020) and any subsequent updates) and 1 or more rural areas contiguous to that micropolitan statistical area or eligible applicants representing high poverty areas (as determined by the Secretary) provided that the Secretary may award additional grants or funding under this subsection to implement activities pursuant to a rural development plan upon the Secretary’s approval of the recipient’s plan and report on the use of each grant provided to the recipient under this subsection. The Secretary may make a grant under this subsection to a partnership no member of which has received a grant under subsection
(b)and that— is composed of entities representing a region composed of 1 or more rural areas, including— except as provided in subparagraph (B), 1 or more of— a unit of local government; a Tribal government; or an authority, agency, or instrumentality of an entity described in subclauses
(I)or (II); and a qualified nonprofit or for-profit organization, as determined by the Secretary; does not include a member described in subparagraph (A)(i), but demonstrates significant community support sufficient to support a likelihood of success on the proposed projects, as determined by the Secretary; and demonstrates, as determined by the Secretary, cooperation among the members of the partnership necessary to complete comprehensive rural development, through aligning government investment, leveraging nongovernmental resources, building economic resilience, and aiding economic recovery, including in communities impacted by economic transitions and climate change. The use of grant funds provided under this subsection may be used for the following purposes, provided that, where applicable, the performance of any construction work completed with the grant funds shall meet the condition described in section 9003(f) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ( 7 U.S.C. 8103(f) ): Conducting comprehensive rural development and pre-development activities and planning. Supporting organizational operating expenses relating to the rural development activities for which the grant was provided. Implementing planned rural development activities and projects. Not more than 25 percent of amounts received by a recipient of a grant under this subsection may be used to satisfy a Federal matching requirement. In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $97,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2031, to provide grants to entities that have not received a grant under subsection
(a)and that is a qualified nonprofit corporation that serves rural areas (as determined by the Secretary) or an institution of higher education that serves rural areas (as determined by the Secretary), subject to the condition that the recipient of such grant shall contribute a non-Federal match of 20 percent of the amount of the grant, which may be used— to support activities of the recipient relating to— development and predevelopment planning aspects of rural development; and organizational capacity-building necessary to support the rural development activities funded by the grant; and to support the recipient of a grant under subsection
(a)in carrying out activities for which that grant was provided. In this section: The term rural area has the meaning given the term in section 343(a)(13)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(C) ). The term State has the meaning given the term in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 ( 7 U.S.C. 3103 ).
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