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 12 2 STA T . 11 8 1 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 34—M A Y 22, 2008 ‘ ‘ (B)ap p ointed ano f fi c e rwh o , d u rin g the period in which another entit y inappropriate l yu s ed F ederal grant funds fro m any Federal source, was an officer of the other entity . ‘‘( b ) GRANTS T OMUL T I STAT E , L O C AL, OR R E G IONAL D E V ELO P-M ENT DISTRICTS AN DO RGANI Z ATIONS. — ‘‘( 1 ) I N GENERAL.— T he A uthority may ma k e grants for administrati v ee x penses under this section to multistate, local, and regional development districts and organi z ations. ‘‘( 2 ) C ONDITIONS F OR GRANTS.— ‘‘(A) MA X IMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of any grant awarded under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 80 percent of the administrative expenses of the multistate, local, or regional development district or organization receiving the grant. ‘‘(B) MAXIMUM PERIOD.— N o grant described in para- graph (1) shall be awarded for a period greater than 3 years. ‘‘(3) LOCAL S H ARE.—The contributions of a multistate, local, or regional development district or organization for administra- tive expenses may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including space, e q uipment, and services. ‘‘(c) DUTIES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— E xcept as provided in paragraph (2), a local development district shall operate as a lead organization serving multicounty areas in the region at the local level. ‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The Federal cochairperson may des- ignate an Indian tribe or multi j urisdictional organization to serve as a lead organization in such cases as the Federal cochairperson or S ecretary, as appropriate, determines appro- priate. ’ ’. (g) DISTRESSED COUNTIES AND AREAS AND NONDISTRESSED COUNTIES.—Section 383G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (as redesignated by subsection (c)(1)(A)) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘ 75 ’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’ (2) by striking subsection (c); (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and ( 4 ) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)— (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘RENE W - A B LE ENERG Y ,’’ after‘‘TELECOMMUNICATION’’; and (B) by inserting ‘‘, renewable energy,’’ after ‘‘tele- communication,’’. (h) DEVELOPMENT P LANNING PROCESS.—Section 383 H of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (as redesignated by subsection (c)(1)(A)) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following

‘‘(A) multistate, regional, and local development dis- tricts and organizations; and’’; and (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘State and local develop- ment districts’’ and inserting ‘‘multistate, regional, and local development districts and organizations’’. (i) PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA.—Section 383I(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (as redesignated by subsection (c)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘multistate or’’ before ‘‘regional’’. 7USC20 0 9b b – 7 . 7 USC 2009bb– 6 . 7 USC 2009bb– 5.

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