To require the Secretary of Agriculture to fund certain projects in communities and municipal districts in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

SA 2284. Mr. DODD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to

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amendment SA 1908 submitted by Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. Brownback)
to the bill H.R. 2997, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 85, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
Sec. 7__.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
until the receipt of the decennial census in the year 2010,
the Secretary of Agriculture may fund community facility and
water and waste disposal projects of communities and
municipal districts and areas in Connecticut, Massachusetts,
and Rhode Island that filed applications for the projects
with the appropriate rural development field office of the
Department of Agriculture prior to August 1, 2009, and were
determined by the field office to be eligible for funding.
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