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Code · U.S. Code · Title 7 - AGRICULTURE · CHAPTER 95— RURAL REVITALIZATION THROUGH FORESTRY · SUBCHAPTER II— NATIONAL FOREST-DEPENDENT RURAL COMMUNITIES · § 6612

§ 6612. Definitions

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As used in this subchapter:
(1)The term “action team” means a rural natural resources and economic diversification action team established by the Secretary pursuant to section 6613(b) of this title.
(2)The term “economically disadvantaged” means economic hardship due to the loss of jobs or income (labor or proprietor) derived from forestry, the wood products industry, or related commercial enterprises such as recreation and tourism in the national forest.
(3)The term “rural community” means—
(A)any town, township, municipality, or other similar unit of general purpose local government, or any area represented by a not-for-profit corporation or institution organized under State or Federal law to promote broad based economic development, or unit of general purpose local government, as approved by the Secretary, that has a population of not more than 10,000 individuals, is located within a county in which at least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry, wood products, and forest-related industries such as recreation, forage production, and tourism and that is located within the boundary, or within 100 miles of the boundary, of a national forest; or
(B)any county that is not contained within a Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, in which at least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry, wood products, and forest-related industries such as recreation, forage production, and tourism and that is located within the boundary, or within 100 miles of the boundary, of a national forest.
(4)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2374, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4046; Pub. L. 103–115, Oct. 26, 1993, 107 Stat. 1117; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–203.)
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  • Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2374
  • 104 Stat. 4046
  • Pub. L. 103–115
  • 107 Stat. 1117
  • Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(b)]
  • 113 Stat. 1535
  • Pub. L. 106–113
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 101–624, title XXIII, § 2374
Stat.104 Stat. 4046
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–115
Stat.107 Stat. 1117
Pub. L.Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title III, § 345(b)]
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