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[CITE: 7USC2009aa-2]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                     CHAPTER 50--AGRICULTURAL CREDIT
 
                 SUBCHAPTER VI--DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY
 
Sec. 2009aa-2. Economic and community development grants


(a) In general

    The Authority may approve grants to States and public and nonprofit 
entities for projects, approved in accordance with section 2009aa-8 of 
this title--
        (1) to develop the transportation infrastructure of the region 
    for the purpose of facilitating economic development in the region 
    (except that grants for this purpose may only be made to a State or 
    local government);
        (2) to assist the region in obtaining the job training, 
    employment-related education, and business development (with an 
    emphasis on entrepreneurship) that are needed to build and maintain 
    strong local economies;
        (3) to provide assistance to severely distressed and 
    underdeveloped areas that lack financial resources for improving 
    basic public services;
        (4) to provide assistance to severely distressed and 
    underdeveloped areas that lack financial resources for equipping 
    industrial parks and related facilities; and
        (5) to otherwise achieve the purposes of this subchapter.

(b) Funding

                           (1) In general

        Funds for grants under subsection (a) of this section may be 
    provided--
            (A) entirely from appropriations to carry out this section;
            (B) in combination with funds available under another 
        Federal or Federal grant program; or
            (C) from any other source.

                       (2) Priority of funding

        To best build the foundations for long-term economic development 
    and to complement other Federal and State resources in the region, 
    Federal funds available under this subchapter shall be focused on 
    the activities in the following order or priority:
            (A) Basic public infrastructure in distressed counties and 
        isolated areas of distress.
            (B) Transportation infrastructure for the purpose of 
        facilitating economic development in the region.
            (C) Business development, with emphasis on entrepreneurship.
            (D) Job training or employment-related education, with 
        emphasis on use of existing public educational institutions 
        located in the region.

                 (3) Federal share in grant programs

        Notwithstanding any provision of law limiting the Federal share 
    in any grant program, funds appropriated to carry out this section 
    may be used to increase a Federal share in a grant program, as the 
    Authority determines appropriate.

(Pub. L. 87-128, title III, Sec. 382C, as added Pub. L. 106-554, 
Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title V, Sec. 503], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 
2763A-274.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2009aa-5 of this title.
