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 123STA T . 21 08PUBLIC LA W 111 – 80 —O CT. 21 , 200 9HousingServ i c e ,M u lt i -fam il y Housing R evitali z ation P rogram A ccount ’ ’ .FARML A BO R P RO G RAM A C CO UNTF ort h e cost of d irect loans, grants, and contracts, as authorized b y 42U .S. C. 1 4 8 4 and 148 6, $ 1 9 , 7 46, 0 00, to remain available until e xp ended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts. RURAL COMMUN I T Y FACILITI ES PROGRAM ACCOUNT ( INCLU D ING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS ) For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for rural community facilities programs as authorized by section 3 06 and described in section 381 E( d ) (1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural D evelopment Act, $ 5 4,993,000, to remain available until expended
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d ,T hat $6,256,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for a Rural Community Development I nitiative: Provided fu r th er, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, non- profit community-based housing and community development organizations, lo w -income rural communities, and Federally Recog- nized N ative American Tribes to underta k e pro j ects to improve housing, community facilities, community and economic develop- ment projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be made available to q ualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That such inter- mediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, That $13,902,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemploy- ment and severe economic depression (Public L aw 106 – 387), with up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in the State rural development offices: Provided further, That $3,972,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Community Facilities Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Z ones for the fiscal year 2009, shall be available through J une 30, 2010, for communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That sections 381E– H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds made available under this heading: Provided further, That any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account for programs authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act be transferred and merged with this account and any other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer.