123STA T . 2112 PUBLIC LA W 111 –80—O CT. 21 , 200 9betransf erre d t o and m er g ed wi t h the Ru ra lU tilities S er v i c e ,H igh E nerg yC osts G rants A ccount
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d fu r th er, T hat sections 381 E – H and 381 N of the Consolidated F arm and Rural D evelo p- ment Act are not applicable to the funds made available under this heading: Provided further, That any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement P rogram account programs authori z ed by sections 3 06 , 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310 B and described in sections 306C ( a ) ( 2 ), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of such Act be transferred to and merged with this account and any other prior balances from the Rural Develop- ment, Rural Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer .RU R ALE LE CT R IF ICATI ON AN D TELECO M MUNICATION S LOANS P RO G RAM ACCOUNT ( INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS ) The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as author- ized by sections 30 5 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1 9 36( 7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, $ 100,000,000
loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 5 per- cent rural telecommunications loans, $1 4 5,000,000; cost of money rural telecommunications loans, $250,000,000; and for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, $295,000,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 6106(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, a guaranteed underwriting loan may not be issued until the amendments to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 contained in section 6106(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 are administra- tively implemented. I n addition, for administrative e x penses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $39,959,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘ ‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses ’ ’. DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND B ROADBAND PROGRAM For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication loans, $400,000,000. For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et se q ., $37,755,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further , That $4,500,000 shall be made available to those noncommercial edu- cational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas and are qualified for Community Service Grants by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396( k ) of the Communications Act of 1934, including associated translators and repeaters, regard- less of the location of their main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equipment to allow local control over digital content and programming through the use of high-definition broadcast, multi-casting and datacasting technologies. For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $28,960,000, to remain available
