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[CITE: 7USC2009aa-7]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                     CHAPTER 50--AGRICULTURAL CREDIT
 
                 SUBCHAPTER VI--DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY
 
Sec. 2009aa-7. Program development criteria


(a) In general

    In considering programs and projects to be provided assistance under 
this subchapter, and in establishing a priority ranking of the requests 
for assistance provided by the Authority, the Authority shall follow 
procedures that ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, consideration 
of--
        (1) the relationship of the project or class of projects to 
    overall regional development;
        (2) the per capita income and poverty and unemployment rates in 
    an area;
        (3) the financial resources available to the applicants for 
    assistance seeking to carry out the project, with emphasis on 
    ensuring that projects are adequately financed to maximize the 
    probability of successful economic development;
        (4) the importance of the project or class of projects in 
    relation to other projects or classes of projects that may be in 
    competition for the same funds;
        (5) the prospects that the project for which assistance is 
    sought will improve, on a continuing rather than a temporary basis, 
    the opportunities for employment, the average level of income, or 
    the economic development of the area served by the project; and
        (6) the extent to which the project design provides for detailed 
    outcome measurements by which grant expenditures and the results of 
    the expenditures may be evaluated.

(b) No relocation assistance

    No financial assistance authorized by this subchapter shall be used 
to assist a person or entity in relocating from one area to another, 
except that financial assistance may be used as otherwise authorized by 
this chapter to attract businesses from outside the region to the 
region.

(c) Reduction of funds

    Funds may be provided for a program or project in a State under this 
subchapter only if the Authority determines that the level of Federal or 
State financial assistance provided under a law other than this 
subchapter, for the same type of program or project in the same area of 
the State within the region, will not be reduced as a result of funds 
made available by this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 87-128, title III, Sec. 382H, as added Pub. L. 106-554, 
Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title V, Sec. 503], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 
2763A-279.)

                       References in Text

    For definition of ``this chapter'', referred to in subsec. (b), see 
note set out under section 1921 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2009aa-8 of this title.
