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S 1559 110th Congress Senate Housing and Community Development Authorization Distance education Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Health Rural education Science, Technology, Communications Telemedicine

A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to reauthorize the provision of telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas.

Introduced: June 6, 2007 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Jun 6, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jun 6, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to reauthorize appropriations through FY2012 to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance for the construction of facilities and systems to provide telemedicine services and distance learning services in rural areas.

What's happening now June 6, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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