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[CITE: 7USC2009aa-5]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                     CHAPTER 50--AGRICULTURAL CREDIT
 
                 SUBCHAPTER VI--DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY
 
Sec. 2009aa-5. Distressed counties and areas and nondistressed 
        counties
        

(a) Designations

    Not later than 90 days after December 21, 2000, and annually 
thereafter, the Authority, in accordance with such criteria as the 
Authority may establish, shall designate--
        (1) as distressed counties, counties in the region that are the 
    most severely and persistently distressed and underdeveloped and 
    have high rates of poverty or unemployment;
        (2) as nondistressed counties, counties in the region that are 
    not designated as distressed counties under paragraph (1); and
        (3) as isolated areas of distress, areas located in 
    nondistressed counties (as designated under paragraph (2)) that have 
    high rates of poverty or unemployment.

(b) Distressed counties

                           (1) In general

        The Authority shall allocate at least 75 percent of the 
    appropriations made available under section 2009aa-12 of this title 
    for programs and projects designed to serve the needs of distressed 
    counties and isolated areas of distress in the region.

                       (2) Funding limitations

        The funding limitations under section 2009aa-3(b) of this title 
    shall not apply to a project providing transportation or basic 
    public services to residents of one or more distressed counties or 
    isolated areas of distress in the region.

(c) Nondistressed counties

                           (1) In general

        Except as provided in this subsection, no funds shall be 
    provided under this subchapter for a project located in a county 
    designated as a nondistressed county under subsection (a)(2) of this 
    section.

                           (2) Exceptions

        (A) In general

            The funding prohibition under paragraph (1) shall not apply 
        to grants to fund the administrative expenses of local 
        development districts under section 2009aa-4(b) of this title.

        (B) Multicounty projects

            The Authority may waive the application of the funding 
        prohibition under paragraph (1) to--
                (i) a multicounty project that includes participation by 
            a nondistressed county; or
                (ii) any other type of project;

        if the Authority determines that the project could bring 
        significant benefits to areas of the region outside a 
        nondistressed county.

        (C) Isolated areas of distress

            For a designation of an isolated area of distress for 
        assistance to be effective, the designation shall be supported--
                (i) by the most recent Federal data available; or
                (ii) if no recent Federal data are available, by the 
            most recent data available through the government of the 
            State in which the isolated area of distress is located.

(d) Transportation and basic public infrastructure

    The Authority shall allocate at least 50 percent of any funds made 
available under section 2009aa-12 of this title for transportation and 
basic public infrastructure projects authorized under paragraphs (1) and 
(3) of section 2009aa-2(a) of this title.

(Pub. L. 87-128, title III, Sec. 382F, as added Pub. L. 106-554, 
Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title V, Sec. 503], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 
2763A-277.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2009aa-3 of this title.
