H.R. 7609

Rural Development Modernization Act

Sponsor: Jim Costa

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Sec. 4. Harmonization of the population threshold for rural water supply projects

The Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) is amended—

(1) in section 102(9)(C)—

(A) in clause (i) by striking or;

(B) in clause (ii), by striking structures. and inserting structures; or; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

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(iii) a project that is designed to serve an area described in subparagraph (F) or (G) of section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)).

; and

(2) in section 202(6)—

(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (D) and (E) respectively; and

(B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:

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(B) a rural water project, or rural water supply project that does not otherwise meet the definition of a rural water supply project under section 102(9), authorized under—

(i) section 1110 of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260); or

(ii) any other Federal statute;

(C) any project authorized for an Indian Tribe under part III of subtitle A of title X of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11);