Sec. 2. Harmonization of the population threshold for rural communities under Department of Agriculture programs

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Section 601(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb(b)(3)(A)(ii) ) is amended by striking 20,000 inhabitants and inserting 50,000 inhabitants (excluding populations described in subparagraphs

(F)and

(G)of such section) . Section 601(j)(2)(B) of such Act ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb(j)(2)(B) ) is amended by striking 2,500 each place it appears and inserting 10,000 . Section 203(b) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ( 7 U.S.C. 924(b) ) is amended by striking 5,000 inhabitants and inserting 50,000 inhabitants (excluding populations described in subparagraphs

(F)and

(G)of section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act) . Section 306(a)(24)(D)(ii) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(24)(D)(ii) ) is amended by striking 20,000 and inserting 30,000 . Section 306A(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1926A(e) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 10,000 and inserting 50,000 ; and in paragraph (2), by striking 3,000 and inserting 10,000 . Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended— in section 520 ( 42 U.S.C. 1490 )— in the first sentence— in clause (1), by striking 2,500 and inserting 10,000 ; in clause (2)— by striking 2,500 and inserting 10,000 ; and by striking 10,000 and inserting 30,000 ; and in clause (iii)— by striking 10,000 and inserting 30,000 ; and by striking 20,000 and inserting 50,000 ; in the second sentence, by striking 35,000 and inserting 50,000 ; and by striking the last sentence and inserting the following: In determining whether an area is ; and rural or a rural area , the Secretary shall disregard the populations described in subparagraphs

(F)and

(G)of section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13) ). in section 533(d)(3)(C) ( 42 U.S.C. 1490m(d)(3)(C) ), by striking 10,000 and inserting 30,000 . Section 343(a)(13)(I) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(I) ) is amended— in the subparagraph heading, by striking and inserting Limited exclusion ; and Exclusion by striking The first 1,500 and inserting Populations of . Section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13) ) is amended by striking subparagraphs

(B)and

(C)and redesignating subparagraphs

(D)through

(I)as subparagraphs

(B)through (G), respectively. Section 343(a)(13) of such Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A), by striking

(I)and inserting

(G); in subparagraph (D)(i), by striking

(F)each place it appears and inserting

(D); and in subparagraph (F), by striking clause

(ii)and inserting the following: The Secretary may, by regulation only, consider an area described in clause (i)(I) of this subparagraph not to be a rural area for purposes of subparagraph (A). . Section 343(a)(13)(D)(iii) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(D)(iii) ) is amended by redesignating subclauses

(III)through

(VII)as subclauses

(IV)through (VIII), respectively, and inserting after subclause

(II)the following: disregard the populations described in subparagraphs

(F)and

(G)in determining whether part of an area is rural in character; . Section 343(a)(13)(D)(iii)(V) of such Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(D)(iii)(V) ) is amended by striking

(IV)and inserting

(V).

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