86 STAT. ]
PUBLIC LAW 92-419-AUG. 30, 1972
659
SEC. 107. EXTENSION.—In the second sentence of section 306(a)(3) of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 strike o,^L^l^V7n^^' out "1971" and insert "1973". % use 1926. SEC. 108. WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PLANNING GRANTS.—Para-
jiraph (6) of section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 is amended by— (1) striking out "$15,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$30,000,000"; (2) striking out "official"; and • (3) striking out "sewer" and inserting in lieu thereof "waste i disposal". •<. • SEC. 109. DEFINITIONS.—Section 306(a)(7) of the Consolidated '^" F'armers Home Administration Act of 1961 is amended to read as follows: "(7) As used in this title, the terms 'rural' and 'rural area' shall not include any area in any city or town which has a population in excess of ten thousand inhabitants, except that for purposes of loans and grants for private business enterprises under sections 304(b), Ante, p. 657. 310B, and 312 (b), (c), and (d) the terms 'rural' and 'rural area' may ^/^°^^' PP* ^^3, include all territory of a State, the Commonw^ealth of Puerto Rico and 665. the Virgin Islands, that is not within the outer boundary of any city having a population of fifty thousand or more and its immediately adjacent urbanized and urbanizing areas with a population density of more than one hundred persons per square mile, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture according to the latest decennial census of the United States: Provided, That special consideration for such loans and grants shall be given to areas other than cities having a population of more than twenty-five thousand. SEC. 110. REPEAL or MAXIMUM SIZE LOAN.—Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 is amended by striking out paragraph (5). SEC. 111. RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING GRANTS.—Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph as follows: "(11) The Secretary may make grants, not to exceed $10,000,000 annually, to public bodies or such other agencies as he may select to prepare comprehensive plans for rural development or such aspects of rural development as he may specify." SEC. 112. PRIORITY FOR CERTAIN WATER FACILITY AND WASTE DISPOSAL LOANS AND GRANTS.—Section 306(a) of the Consolidated
Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(12) I n the making of loans and grants for community waste disposal and water facilities under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection the Secretary shall accord highest priority to the application of any municipality or other public agency (including an Indian tribe on a Federal or State reservation or other federally recognized Indian tribal group) in a rural comaiunity having a population not in excess of five thousand five hundred and which, in the case of water facility
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