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[CITE: 7USC2009]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                     CHAPTER 50--AGRICULTURAL CREDIT
 
            SUBCHAPTER V--RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
 
Sec. 2009. Definitions

    In this subchapter:

                      (1) Rural and rural area

        The terms ``rural'' and ``rural area'' mean, subject to section 
    1926(a)(7) of this title, a city, town, or unincorporated area that 
    has a population of 50,000 inhabitants or less, other than an 
    urbanized area immediately adjacent to a city, town, or 
    unincorporated area that has a population in excess of 50,000 
    inhabitants.

                              (2) State

        The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, the District of 
    Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands 
    of the United States, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
    Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
    Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.

                         (3) State director

        The term ``State director'' means, with respect to a State, the 
    Director of the Rural Economic and Community Development State 
    Office.

(Pub. L. 87-128, title III, Sec. 381A, as added Pub. L. 104-127, title 
VII, Sec. 761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1139.)


Definition of Rural Areas for Certain Business and Community Facilities 
                                Programs

    Pub. L. 106-78, title VII, Sec. 730, Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1164, 
provided that: ``Notwithstanding section 381A of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009), in fiscal year 2000 and 
thereafter, the definitions of rural areas for certain business programs 
administered by the Rural Business-Cooperative Service and the community 
facilities programs administered by the Rural Housing Service shall be 
those provided for in statute and regulations prior to the enactment of 
Public Law 104-127 [Apr. 4, 1996].''
    Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, 
Sec. 101(a) [title VII, Sec. 735], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681-
29.

          Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

    For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note 
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular 
Possessions.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1926 of this title.
