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 PUBLIC LAW 106-472—NOV. 9, 2000 114 STAT. 2069 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS SEC. 301. ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION FAdLITIES EFFICIENCY GRANTS AND LOANS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES WITH EXTREMELY IHGH ENERGY COSTS. Title I of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: "SEC. 19. ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION 7 USC 918a. FACILITIES EFFICIENCY GRANTS AND LOANS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES WITH EXTREMELY HIGH ENERGY COSTS. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary, acting through the Rural Utilities Service, may— "(1) in coordination with State rural development initiatives, make grants and loans to persons. States, political subdivisions of States, and other entities organized under the laws of States to acquire, construct, extend, upgrade, and otherwise improve energy generation, transmission, or distribution facilities serving commvmities in which the average residential expenditure for home energy is at least 275 percent of the national average residential expenditure for home energy (as determined by the Energy Information Agency using the most recent data available); "(2) make grants and loans to the Denali Commission estab- Hshed by the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105-277) to acquire, construct, extend, upgrade, and otherwise improve energy generation, transmission, or distribution facilities serving communities described in paragraph (1); and "(3) make grants to State entities, in existence as of the date of the enactment of this section, to establish and support a revolving fund to provide a more cost-effective means of purchasing fuel where the fuel cannot be shipped by means of surface transportation. " (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— T here are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as are necessary for each subsequent fiscal year. " (2) LIMITATION ON PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— Not more than 4 percent of the amounts made available under paragraph (1) may be used for planning and administrative expenses.". SEC. 302. CARRY FORWARD ADJUSTMENT. 7 USC 1314e The amendments made by section 204(b)(10)(A) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 shall apply beginning with undermarketings of the 2001 crop of burley tobacco and with marketings of the 2002 crop of burley tobacco. SEC. 303. FEES AND PENALTIES FOR MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES INVOLVING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MOVING IN FOREIGN COMMERCE UNDER MULTI- NATIONAL ENTITIES. Section 203(e) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(e)) is amended— (1) by striking "(e) To" and inserting the following: " (e) DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MARKETS. —

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