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 104 STAT. 4002 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 "(TV) provide information to State residents, on request, about the manner in which assistance under designated rural development progrsuns is to be provided to the State pursuant to this section and section 366; and "(V) coordinate the efforts of interested rural residents with the State rural economic development review panel, "(iii) DESIGNATED AGENCY TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO PANEL.— The State has designated an agency to provide the panel and the State coordinator with support for the daily operation of the panel described in clause (i). " (B) GOOD FAITH EXCEPTION.— Notwithstanding the requirements of subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Agriculture may determine, no later than the first day of the fiscal year, a State to be an eligible State under this paragraph for the fiscal year if the Secretary determines that the State has made a good faith effort to meet, and has substantially met, such requirements. "(4) QUALIFIED PROJECT.— The term 'qualified project' means any project— "(A) for which the agency described in paragraph (3)(C) of the State has identified— "(i) the alternative Federal, State, local, or private sources of assistance; and "(ii) the related activities in the State; and "(B) to which the Secretary is required by subsection (c)(4) to provide assistance. "(5) STATE COORDINATOR. —The term 'State coordinator' means the individual appointed by the Governor of the State to carry out the activities described in paragraph (3)(B). " (6) STATE RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PANEL. — The term 'State rural economic development review panel' or 'panel' means an advisory panel that meets the requirements of section 366. "(c) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. — The Secretary shall, with respect to each eligible State— "(1) review the list, if any, transmitted pursuant to subsection 366(b)(6) by any State coordinator; "(2) determine whether each project described in an application in the list meets the requirements of the rural development program under which the application seeks assistance; "(3) remove from the list any application for a project that does not meet the requirements; Reports. "(4) provide assistance, subject to available funds, to the projects in the applications remaining in the list after the list has (if necessary) been modified pursuant to paragraph (3), giving consideration to the order in which the applications for such projects are ranked by the respective State panel, and, if assistance is provided to any project without providing assistance to all projects ranked higher in priority by the panel than such project, report to the panel, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate within ten days of determining to fund such lower ranked project on the reasons for that determination;

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