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 PUBLIC LAW 107-171—MAY 13, 2002 116 STAT. 411 "(k) TRANSFERS.— To ensure maximum use of funds provided under this subtitle, the National Board may transfer not more than 10 percent of the amount of funds made available between planning grants and innovation grants. «SEC. 385H. NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RURAL AMERICA. 7 USC 2009dd-7. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The President shall call and conduct a President. National Conference on Rural America, which shall be held not Deadline. earlier than November 1, 2002, and not later than October 30, 2004. "(b) PURPOSE. — The purpose of the Conference shall be to bring together the resources of governmental agencies and the private and nonprofit sectors to develop— "(1) policy recommendations and integrative strategies for addressing the unique challenges facing rural areas of the United States; and "(2) an implementation plan, with outcome-based measurements, for addressing the challenges. "(c) COMPOSITION.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—The Conference shall be comprised of— "(A) representatives of organizations devoted to rural development; "(B) Members of Congress, including the chairman and ranking member of each of the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; "(C) representatives of the Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies; "(D) State, local, and tribal elected officials and representatives; "(E) representatives of colleges and universities. State and tribal extension services, and State rural development councils; and "(F) individuals with specialized knowledge of and expertise in rural and community development, cooperative business, agricultural credit, venture capital, health care, and rural demography. " (2) SELECTION.—Of the participants in the Conference described in paragraph (1)— "(A) Vs of the members shall be selected by the Presi- President, dent; "(B) Va of the members shall be selected by the Chairman and the ranking member of the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; and "(C) Va of the members shall be selected by the Chairman and the ranking member of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. "(3) REPRESENTATION.—In selecting the participants of the Conference, the President and the Chairman of each Committee referred to in paragraph (2) shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the participants are representative of the ethnic, racial, and linguistic diversity of rural areas of the United States. " (d) REPORT. — "(1) REPORT TO PRESIDENT.— Not later than 120 days after Deadline, the termination of the Conference, the Conference shall submit

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