Sec. 3. Expansion of rural in character authority
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rural in character authority Section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Bureau of the Census, may designate an area that is a census tract, or a census-designated place or an unincorporated area recognized by a local or tribal government with fewer than 35,000 inhabitants, as a rural area for purposes of this paragraph, regardless of whether the area is within an urban area, if the area exhibits persistent poverty, a high concentration of farmworker households, or a significant infrastructure gap.
In this subparagraph: The term persistent poverty means, with respect to an area referred to in clause (i), that the income of at least 20 percent of the population of the area was below the poverty line (within the meaning of section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, including any revision required by such section applicable to a family of the size involved), as measured by the 1990, 2000, and 2010 decennial censuses. The term high concentration means a percentage that significantly exceeds the percentage of farmworker households in the United States or in the State involved, as determined by the Secretary.
The term significant infrastructure gap means, with respect to an area referred to in clause (i), that the area lacks access to potable water, wastewater treatment, or reliable electricity that meets Federal standards, as determined by the relevant State or local health department and the relevant USDA Rural Development field office. .
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