PUBLIC LAW 103-115—OCT. 26, 1993 107 STAT. 1117 Public Law 103-115 103d Congress An Act To amend the definition of a rural community for eligibility for economic recovery Oct. 26, 1993 funds, and for other purposes. [S. 1508] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 2374(3) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6612(3)) is amended to read as follows: "(3) The term 'rural community means— "(A) any town, township, municipality, or other similar unit of general purpose local government, or any area represented by a not-for-profit corporation or institution organized under State or Federal law to promote broad based economic development, or unit of general purpose local government, as approved by the Secretary, that has a population of not more than 10,000 individuals, is located within a county in which at least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry, wood products, and forest-related industries such as recreation, forage production, and tourism and that is located within the boundary, or within 100 miles of the boundary, of a national forest; or "(B) any county that is not contained within a Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, in which at least 15 percent of the total primary and secondary labor and proprietor income is derived from forestry, wood products, and forest-related industries such as recreation, forage groduction, and tourism and that is located within the oundary, or within 100 miles of the boundary, of a national forest." Approved October 26, 1993. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1508: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 139 (1993): Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 6, considered and passed House.
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