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 99 STAT. 1520

Grants.

Prohibition. Grants.

Post, p. 1521. Grants.

Loans.

Study. Loans. Grants. Ante, p. 1519.

Report.

PUBLIC LAW 99-198—DEC. 23, 1985

distribution of water or the collection, treatment, or disposal of waste in rural areeis; "(ii) prepare applications to receive financial assistance for any purpose specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection from any public or private source; and "(iii) improve the operation and maintenance practices at any existing works for the storage, treatment, purification, or distribution of water or the collection, treatment, or disposal of waste in rural areas. "(B) In selecting recipients of grants to be made under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give priority to private nonprofit organizations that have experience in providing the technical assistance and training described in subparagraph (A) to associations serving rural areas in which residents have low income and in which water supply systems or waste facilities are unhealthful. "(C) Not less than 1 nor more than 2 per centum of any funds provided in Appropriations Acts to carry out paragraph (2) of this subsection for any fiscal year shall be reserved for grants under subparagraph (A) unless the applications, qualifying for grants, received by the Secretary from eligible nonprofit organizations for the fiscal year total less than 1 per centum of those funds. "(17) In the case of water and waste disposal facility projects serving more than one separate rural community, the Secretary shall use the median population level and the community income level of all the separate communities to be served in applying the standards specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection and section 307(a)(3)(A). "(18) Grants under paragraph (2) of this subsection may be used to pay the local share requirements of another Federal grant-in-aid program to the extent permitted under the law providing for such grant-in-aid program. "(19XA) In the approval and administration of a loan made under paragraph (1) for a water or waste disposal facility, the Secretary shall consider fully any recommendation made by the loan applicant or borrower concerning the technical design and choice of materials to be used for such facility. "(B) If the Secretary determines that a design or materials, other than those that were recommended, should be used in the water or waste disposal facility, the Secretary shall provide such applicant or borrower with a comprehensive justification for such determination.". (b)(1) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— (A) conduct a study of the practicality and cost effectiveness of making loans and grants under section 306 of the C]!onsolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926) for the construction of water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas at individual locations, rather than central or community locations; and (B) in such study consider the feasibility of small multiuser drinking water facilities, the costs involved in connecting rural residents into the community water systems, improvements to small community water systems, and alternative rural drinking water systems. (2) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report on the results of the study required under paragraph (1) to the (Dommittee on Agriculture of

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