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 108 STAT. 1788 PUBLIC LAW 103-318—AUG. 26, 1994 needed to implement a plan to meet the needs referred to in clause (i); and (iii) recommend methods of utilizing secondary fiuancial markets to increase the capital available for business development. (D) INFRASTRUCTURE.—The Commission shall, with respect to the rural Northern Great Plains— (i) prepare a plan to preserve, finance, and operate effective freight railroad service in coordination with States, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Interstate Commerce Commission, rail operators, shippers, and the financial community; (ii) prepare an assessment and agreement on the capital needs, coordination, and financing of telecommunications infrastructure, in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the Department of Commerce, the Federal Communications Commission, the public utilities commission of each State, telephone companies and cooperatives, representative users, and such other entities as the Commission determines are appropriate; and (iii) recommend strategies for addressing air, water, and highway needs. (E) HUMAN RESOURCES. — The Commission shall, with respect to the rural Northern Great Plains— (i) identify methods of facilitating the employment and business startups of individuals who are not effectively participating in the labor force, including unemployed, underemployed, and low-income individuals and households; (ii) identify methods of coordinating on a regional or sectoral basis education and training programs that are tied to economic development initiatives, especially programs that address the outmigration of youth; and (iii) study the competence and availability of the labor force and the effects of the health, educational, training, housing, and economic needs of the labor force, and identify regional strategies addressing the needs. (F) GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND REGULA- TIONS. —The Commission shall submit to the appropriate government, nonprofit, and private sector organizations recommendations for modifications or additions to the programs, policies, and regulations referred to in section 7(b)(18) to promote the rural development of the Northern Great Plains.

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