Sec. 4. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 4 DEFINITIONS For purposes of this Act— ####

(1)the term “**Commission**” means the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission; ####

(2)the term “**Lower Mississippi**” means those areas within a reasonable proximity of the Mississippi River in Alabama, Arkansas, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, southeastern Missouri, and western Tennessee that share common economic, social, and cultural ties, and that suffer from any combination of high unemployment; low net family income; agriculture and oil industry decline; a decrease in small business activity; or poor or inadequate transportation infrastructure, health care, housing, or educational opportunities, areas including, but not limited to— #####

(A)the Arkansas counties of Ashley, Chicot, Drew, Bradley, Union, Desha, Lincoln, Arkansas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Monroe, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis, Crittenden, White, Woodruff, Cross, Poinsett, Jackson, Mississippi, Craighead, Calhoun, Lawrence, Greene, Clay, Randolph, White, Independence, Sharp, Ouachita, Dallas, Grant, Fulton, Izard, Stone, Searcy, Marion, Van Buren, and Baxter; #####

(B)the southern Illinois counties of Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, Union, Johnson, Pope, Hardin, Gallatin, Saline, Williamson, and Jackson; #####

(C)the western Kentucky counties of Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, Ballard, Graves, McCracken, Calloway, Marshall, Livingston, Crittenden, and Union; #####

(D)the Louisiana parishes of East Carroll, West Carroll, Morehouse, Union, Lincoln, Ouachita, Jackson, Caldwell, Winn, Natchitoches, Grant, LaSalle, Richland, Madison, Franklin, Tensas, Catahoula, Concordia, Avoyelles, Pointe Coupee, St. Landry, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Iberville, Assumption, Washington, Allen, Evangeline, Acadia, Ascension, St. James, Beauregard, Bienville, Cameron, Claiborne, DeSoto, Jefferson Davis, Red River, St. Mary, Vermillion, Webster, Sabine, Vernon, Terrebonne, and St. John the Baptist; #####

(E)the Mississippi counties of DeSoto, Tunica, Tate, Marshall, Benton, Tippah, Union, Coahoma, Quitman, Panola, Bolivar, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Lafayette, Yalobusha, Washington, Humphreys, Holmes, Grenada, Carroll, Leflore, Montgomery, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo, Warren, Attala, Madison, Claiborne, Copiah, Jasper, Jefferson, Adams, Lincoln, Pike, Amite, Wilkinson, Franklin, Rankin, Simpson, Smith, Lawrence, and Walthall; #####

(F)the southeastern Missouri counties of Dunklin, Pemiscot, New Madrid, Mississippi, Scott, Studard, Butler, Ripley, Carter, Wayne, Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Oregon, Shannon, Reynolds, Iron, Madison, Perry, St. Genevieve, St. Francis, Washington, Crawford, Dent, Texas, Howell, Ozark, Douglas, Wright, and Phelps; #####

(G)the western Tennessee counties of Tipton, Lauderdale, Dyer, Obion, Fayette, Crockett, Haywood, Hardeman, McNairy, Hardin, Chester, Gibson, Weakley, Henry, Carroll, Madison, Decatur, Benton, Lake, and Henderson; #####

(H)such other adjoining counties as the Commission may determine are necessary for inclusion in order to carry out the purposes of this Act, including the counties of Pulaski in Arkansas, Shelby in Tennessee, and Hinds in Mississippi, and the parishes of Rapides, East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, St. Charles, Jefferson, Orleans, and St. Bernard in Louisiana; and #####

(I)the Alabama counties of Pickens, Greene, Sumter, Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Marengo, Hale, Perry, Wilcox, Lowndes, Bullock, Macon, Barbour, Russell, Butler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, and Dallas; ####

(3)the term “**Chairman**” means the Chairman of the Commission.