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 123STA T . 12 7PUBLIC LA W 111 –5—FE B. 17 , 2 0 0 9ofap p lyingthe li m itation on the total amo u nt of allotment s an d fund t r ansfers c ontained in such section .SEC . 104 . I n addition to other a v aila b le funds , of the funds made available to the R ural D evelopment mission area in this title, not more than 3 percent of the funds can be used for adminis - trative costs to carry out loan, loan guarantee and grant activities funded in this title, w hich shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘ ‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex penses ’ ’
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d ,T hat of this amount $ 1, 75 0,000 shall be com- mitted to agency pro j ects associated with maintaining the compli- ance, safety, and soundness of the portfolio of loans guaranteed through the section 50 2 guaranteed loan program. SEC. 105. O f the amounts appropriated in this title to the ‘‘Rural H ousing Service, Rural C ommunity F acilities P rogram A ccount’’, the ‘‘Rural B usiness-Cooperative Service, Rural Business Program Account’’, and the ″ Rural U tilities Service, Rural W ater and Waste Disposal Program Account’’, at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided, That for the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as meas- ured by the 1 98 0, 1990, and 2000 decennial censuses. TIT L EII — CO M MERCE, J USTICE, SCIE N CE, AND RELATED A G ENCIES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE EC ON O MI CDE V E L O P MEN T A D MINI S T RA TION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PRO G RAMS For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Development Assist- ance Programs’’, $150,000,000: Provided, That $50,000,000 shall be for economic adjustment assistance as authori z ed by section 209 of the Public Wor k s and Economic Development Act of 19 6 5, as amended ( 42 U.S.C. 3149 )
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fu r th er, That in allocating the funds provided in the previous proviso, the Secretary of Com- merce shall give priority consideration to areas of the Nation that have experienced sudden and severe economic dislocation and job loss due to corporate restructuring: Provided further, That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for purposes of program administration and over- sight: Provided further, That up to $50,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading may be transferred to federally authorized regional economic development commissions. B U REAU O F T H E CENSUS PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS For an additional amount for ‘‘Periodic Censuses and Pro- grams’’, $1,000,000,000. Defin i t i o n .