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 95 STAT. 1326

7 USC 2665.

7 USC 2666.

7 USC 2667. Repeal.

PUBLIC LAW 97-98—DEC. 22, 1981

tion administering the programs on matters pertaining to the programs. An existing State rural development committee or council may be named to perform this function, or a new council may be appointed by the chief administrative officer or officers. The committee or council named or appointed shall consist of at least twelve members and shall include persons representing farmers, business, labor, banking, local government, multicounty planning and development districts, public and private colleges and universities in the State, and Federal and State agencies involved in rural development. "SEC. 505. WITHHOLDING FUNDS.—If the Secretary of Agriculture determines that a State is not eligible to receive part or all of the funds to which it is otherwise entitled for programs under sections 502(a) and 502(b) of this title because of a failure to comply with regulations issued by the Secretary under this title, the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported to the President, and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the expiration of the Congress next succeeding the session of the legislature of the State from which funds have been withheld in order that the State may, if it should so desire, appeal to Congress from the determination of the Secretary. If the next Congress shall not direct such sum to be paid, it shall be covered into the Treasury. If any portion of the moneys that are received by the designated officers of any State for the support and maintenance of programs authorized under this title shall by any action or contingency be diminished or lost, or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by the State. "SEC. 506. DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this title— "(a) 'rural development' means the planning, financing, and development of facilities and services in rural areas that contribute to making those areas desirable places in which to live and make private and business investments; the planning, development, and expansion of business and industry in rural areas to provide increased employment and income; the planning, development, conservation, and use of land, water, and other natural i resources of rural aresis to maintain or improve the quality of the environment for people and business in rural areas; and the building or improvement of institutional, organizational, and leadership capacities of rural citizens and leaders to define and resolve their own community problems; "(b) 'State' means the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, Americem Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and "(c) 'small farm' means any farm (1) producing family net income from all sources (farm and nonfarm) below the median nonmetropolitan income of the State; (2) operated by a family dependent on farming for a significant though not necessarily a majority of its income; and (3) on which family members provide most of the labor and management. "SEC. 507. REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Agriculture may issue such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.". 0)) Section 509 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2669) is redesignated as section 508, and section 510 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2670) is repealed.

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