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loans and grants for private business enterprises 

 under sections 1924(b), 1932 and 1942 (b), (c), and 

 (d) of this title the terms "rural" and "rural area" 

 may include all territory of a State, the Common- 

 wealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, that 

 is not within the outer boundary of any city having 

 a population of fifty thousand or more and its im- 

 mediately adjacent urbanized and urbanizing areas 

 with a population density of more than one hundred 

 persons per square mUe, as determined by the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture according to the latest de- 

 cennial census of the United States: Provided, That 

 special consideration for such loans and grants shall 

 be given to are. i other than cities having a popu- 

 lation of more than twenty-five thousand. 



(8) In each instance where the Secretary receives 

 two or more applications for financial assistance for 

 projects that would ser\e substantially the same 

 group of residents within a single rural area, and 

 one such application is submitted by a city, town, 

 county or other unit of general local government, 

 he shall, in the absence of substantial reasons to 

 the contrary, provide such assistance to such city, 

 town, county or other unit of general local govern- 

 ment. 



(9) No Federal funds shall be authorized for use 

 unless it be certified by the appropriate State water 

 pollution control agency that the water supply sys- 

 tem authorized wOl not result in pollution of waters 

 of the State in excess of standards established by 

 that agency. 



(10) In the case of sewers and waste disposal 

 system, no Federal funds shall be advanced here- 

 under unless the appropriate State water pollution 

 control agency shall certify that the effluent there- 

 from shall conform with appropriate State and 

 Federal water pollution control standards when and 

 where established. 



(11) The Secretary may make grants, not to ex- 

 ceed $10,000,000 annually, to public bodies or such 

 other agencies as he may select to prepare compre- 

 hensive plans for rural development or such aspects 

 of rural development as he may specify. 



(12) In the making of loans and grants for com- 

 munity waste disposal and water facilities under 

 paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection the Sec- 

 retary shall accord highest priority to the applica- 

 tion of any municipality or other public agency 

 (Including an Indian tribe on a Federal or State 

 reservation or other federally recognized Indian 

 tribal group) in a rural community having a popu- 

 lation not in excess of five thousand five hundred 

 and which, in the case of water facility loans, has a 

 community water supply system, where the Secre- 

 tary determines that due to unanticipated diminu- 

 tion or deterioration of its water supply. Immediate 

 action is needed, or in the case of waste disposal, 

 has a community waste disposal system, where the 

 Secretary determines that due to unanticipated oc- 

 currences the system is not adequate to the needs 

 of the community. The Secretary shall utilize the 

 Soil Conservation Service in rendering technical as- 

 sistance to applicants under this paragraph to the 

 extent he deems appropriate. 



(13) (A) The Secretary, under such reasonable rules 

 and conditions as he shall establish, shall make 

 grants to eligible volunteer fire departments for up 

 to 50 per centum of the cost of firefighting equip- 

 ment needed by such departments but which such 

 departments are unable to purchase through the 

 resources otherwise available to them, and for the 

 cost of the training necessary to enable such de- 

 partments to use such equipment eflBciently. 



(B) For the purposes of this subsection, the term 

 "eligible volunteer fire department" means any 

 established volunteer fire department in a rural 

 town, village, or unincorporated area where the pop- 

 ulation Is less than two thousand but greater than 

 two hundred, as reasonably determined by the 

 Secretary. 



(b) Curtailment or limitation of service prohibited. 



The service provided or made available through 

 any such association shall not be curtailed or limited 

 by inclusion of the area served by such association 

 within the boundaries of any municipal corpora- 

 tion or other public body, or by the granting of any 

 private franchise for similar service within such 

 area during the term of such loan; nor shall the 

 happening of any such event be the basis of requir- 

 ing such association to secure any franchise, license, 

 or permit as a condition to continuing to serve the 

 area served by the association at the time of the 

 occurrence of such event. 



(c) Repealed. Pub. L. 91-606, title III. § 302(2). Dec. 31, 

 1970, 84 Stat. 1759. 



(d) Carryover of unused authorizations for appropri- 

 ations. 



Any amounts appropriated under this section shall 

 remain available until expended, and any amounts 

 authorized for any fiscal year under this section but 

 not appropriated may be appropriated for any suc- 

 ceeding fiscal year. iPub. L. 87-128, title III, § 306. 

 Aug. 8. 1961, 75 Stat. 308; Pub. L. 87-703, title IV, 

 § 401(2). Sept. 27. 1962. 76 Stat. 632; Pub. L. 89-240: 

 § 1, Oct. 7, 1965, 79 Stat. 931 ; Pub. L. 90-488, §§ 3—5. 

 Aug. 15. 1968. 82 Stat. 770; Pub. L. 91-524, title 

 Vin. § 806(a). Nov. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1383; Pub. L. 

 91-606. title III. §302(2), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 

 1759: Pub. L. 91-617. § 1(a). Dec. 31, 1970. 84 Stat 

 1855.) 



(As amended Pub. L. 92-419, title I. §§ 104-112, 

 Aug. 30. 1972, 86 Stat. 658, 659; Pub. L. 93-86. § 1(27) 

 (B), Aug. 10. 1973. 87 Stat. 240.) 

 Amendments 



1973— Subsec. (a) (13) . Pub. L. 91-524. § 816(c) . as added 

 by Pub. L. 93-86 added subsec. (a) (13). 



1972— Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 92^19. §104(1). (2). 

 authorized loans to Indian tribes on Federal and State 

 reservations and other federally recognized Indian tribes 

 and Included as an allowable use provision for essential 

 community facilities Including necessary related equip- 

 ment, respectively. 



Subsec. (a) (2) . Pub. L. 92-419. 5 106, substituted 

 "S300.000.000" for "$100,000,000". 



Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 92-419. §§ 106, 107, substituted 

 "project" for "faculty" where first appearing; In Item (1). 

 substituted "project" for "facility" and Inserted in such 

 text ". If such project is carried out."; in Item (11). sub- 

 stituted "will or can be" for "will be or can be"; sub- 

 stituted "and (111)" for "or (Ul)" and in such Item (111), 

 substituted "an orderly community development con- 



