S.Amdt. 423

SA 423. Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr.
Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1, making
supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation,
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to
the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 8, line 10, before the period, insert the
following: ``: Provided, That, in making loans, loan
guarantees, and grants using funds made available under this
heading, the Secretary of Agriculture may waive the
application requirements related to population, income, and
project development cost ratios, if the waiver is appropriate
to expedite use of the funds, the project still applies to
communities that are rural in character with a population of
less than 20,000, and the median household income of the
community served does not exceed the estimated national real
median income for households outside metropolitan statistical
areas according to United States Census Bureau current
population survey data for 2007''.

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