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HR 3382 101th Congress House

To provide grants to aid rural business and job creation in rural areas, to provide grants for emergency water assistance projects, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 28, 1989 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Agricultural creditAgricultural economicsCommerceExecutive reorganization
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Oct 4, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.
Oct 4, 1989
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Sep 28, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sep 28, 1989
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 4, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to aid businesses unable to secure credit and create jobs in rural areas.

Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase annual water and waste facility assistance limits. Authorizes the Secretary to provide water and waste facilities loans to specified rural entities.

Authorizes the Farm Credit System to provide loans and other financial assistance to rural sewer and water projects.

Establishes in the Farmers Home Administration a national rural waste water circuit rider grant program.

Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish: (1) a technical assistance unit; and (2) an Assistant Administrator for Economic Development.

Amends the Consolidated and Rural Development Act to authorize a rural business development grant program.

Directs the Secretary to establish within the National Agricultural Library a National Rural Assistance Information Clearinghouse.

Treats a rural county experiencing specified population reduction as a labor surplus area.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 28, 1989
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Sep 28, 1989
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Sep 28, 1989
TAUZIN, W.
· Sep 28, 1989
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Sep 28, 1989
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3382: To provide grants to aid rural business and job creation in rural areas, to provide grants for emergency water assistance projects, and for other purposes.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3382/
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"H.R. 3382: To provide grants to aid rural business and job creation in rural areas, to provide grants for emergency water assistance projects, and for other purposes.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3382/.
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