S.Amdt. 3182

SA 3182. Mr. TESTER (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. Heitkamp)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R.
2, to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other
programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 62__. EXPANSION AND CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITY.

Section 306F of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 936f) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Rural Utilities
Service'' in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and all
that follows through the period at the end of subparagraph
(B) and inserting ``rural development mission area.''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, including a
community within any former Indian reservation,'' before
``with respect to which''; and
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Rural Utilities Service
to qualified utilities or applicants'' and inserting ``rural
development mission area to qualified applicants''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Rural Utilities Service
to facilitate the construction, acquisition, or improvement
of infrastructure'' and inserting ``rural development mission
area''.
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