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7 U.S.C. § 2009c — National objectives
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The national objectives of the program established under this subchapter shall be to—
(1) promote strategic development activities and collaborative efforts by State and local communities, and federally recognized Indian tribes, to maximize the impact of Federal assistance;
(2) optimize the use of resources;
(3) provide assistance in a manner that reflects the complexity of rural needs, including the needs for business development, health care, education, infrastructure, cultural resources, the environment, and housing;
(4) advance activities that empower, and build the capacity of, State and local communities to design unique responses to the special needs of the State and local communities, and federally recognized Indian tribes, for rural development assistance; and
(5) adopt flexible and innovative approaches to solving rural development problems.
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The national objectives of the program established under this subchapter shall be to—
(1) promote strategic development activities and collaborative efforts by State and local communities, and federally recognized Indian tribes, to maximize the impact of Federal assistance;
(2) optimize the use of resources;
(3) provide assistance in a manner that reflects the complexity of rural needs, including the needs for business development, health care, education, infrastructure, cultural resources, the environment, and housing;
(4) advance activities that empower, and build the capacity of, State and local communities to design unique responses to the special needs of the State and local communities, and federally recognized Indian tribes, for rural development assistance; and
(5) adopt flexible and innovative approaches to solving rural development problems.
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**(a) Simple grants**
(1) **Mandatory grant** — The Secretary shall make a grant to any eligible State for any fiscal year for which the State requests a grant under this section in an amount equal to 5 percent of the total amount allocated for the State under [section 2009d(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2009d/f&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Permissive grant** — Before July 15 of each fiscal year, the Secretary may make a grant to any State to defray the cost of any subsidy associated with a guarantee provided by an eligible public entity of the State under [section 2009g of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2009g&num=0&edition=prelim) in an amount that does not exceed 5 percent of the total amount allocated for the State under [section 2009d(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2009d/f&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Source of funds** — The Secretary shall make grants to a State under paragraphs (1) and (2) from amounts allocated for the State in the accounts specified in [section 2009d(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2009d/c&num=0&edition=prelim), by reducing each such allocated amount by the same percentage.
**(b) Matching grants**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall make a grant to any eligible State for any fiscal year for which the State requests a grant under this section in an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount allocated for the State for the fiscal year under [section 2009d(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2009d/g&num=0&edition=prelim).
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In carrying out this subchapter, the Director of a Rural Economic and Community Development State Office shall—
(1) to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the State strategic plan referred to in [section 2009c of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2009c&num=0&edition=prelim) is implemented;
(2) coordinate community development objectives within the State;
(3) establish links between local, State, and field office program administrators of the Department of Agriculture;
(4) ensure that recipient communities comply with applicable Federal and State laws and requirements; and
(5) integrate State development programs with assistance under this subchapter.
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**(a) Services to rural areas** The Secretary may provide financial assistance for the purpose of financing the construction of facilities and systems to provide telemedicine services and distance learning services in rural areas.
**(b) Financial assistance**
(1) **In general** — Financial assistance shall consist of grants or cost of money loans, or both.
(2) **Form** — The Secretary shall determine the portion of the financial assistance provided to a recipient that consists of grants and the portion that consists of cost of money loans so as to result in the maximum feasible repayment to the Federal Government of the financial assistance, based on the ability to repay of the recipient and full utilization of funds made available to carry out this chapter.
**(c) Recipients**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may provide financial assistance under this chapter to—
(A) entities using telemedicine services or distance learning services;
(B) entities providing or proposing to provide telemedicine service or distance learning service to other persons at rates calculated to ensure that the benefit of the financial assistance is passed through to the other persons; 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “and”.
(C) libraries.
(2) **Electric or telecommunications borrowers**
(A) *Loans to borrowers* — Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary may provide a cost of money loan under this chapter to a borrower of an electric or telecommunications loan under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 ([7 U.S.C. 901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.). A borrower receiving a cost of money loan under this paragraph shall—
(i) make the funds provided available to entities that qu
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 2009d
(3) provide assistance in a manner that re-
flects the complexity of rural needs, including
the needs for business development, health
care, education, infrastructure, cultural re-
sources, the environment, and housing;
(4) advance activities that empower, and
build the capacity of, State and local commu-
nities to design unique responses to the spe-
cial needs of the State and local communities,
and federally recognized Indian tribes, for
rural development assistance; and
(5) adopt flexible and innovative approaches
to solving rural development problems.
(Pub. L. 87–128, title III, § 381C, as added Pub. L.
104–127, title VII, § 761, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat.
1139.)
§ 2009c. Strategic plans
(a) In general
The Secretary shall direct each of the Direc-
tors of Rural Economic and Community Devel-
opment State Offices to prepare a strategic
plan—
(1) for each State for the delivery of assist-
ance under this subchapter in the State; and
(2) for each federally recognized Indian tribe
for the delivery of assistance under this sub-
chapter to the Indian tribe.
(b) Assistance
(1) In general
Financial assistance for rural development
provided under this subchapter for a State or
a federally recognized Indian tribe shall be
used only for orderly community development
that is consistent with the strategic plan of
the State or Indian tribe.
(2) Rural area
Assistance under this subchapter may only
be provided in a rural area.
(3) Small communities
In carrying out this subchapter in a State,
the Secretary shall give priority to commu-
nities with the smallest populations and low-
est per capita income.
(c) Review
The Secretary shall review the strategic plan
of each State and federally recognized Indian
tribe not
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