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§2009bb–5 Distressed Counties and Areas and Nondistressed Counties

Title 7 › Chapter 50— AGRICULTURAL CREDIT › Subchapter VII— NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL AUTHORITY › § 2009bb–5

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 90 days after May 13, 2002, and every year after, the Authority must name counties as distressed, nondistressed, or isolated areas of distress. Distressed counties are the most underdeveloped with high poverty, unemployment, or outmigration. Nondistressed counties are the others. Isolated areas are troubled spots inside nondistressed counties. At least 50% of funds made available under section 2009bb–12 must go to programs for distressed counties and isolated areas. The funding limit in section 2009bb–3(b) does not apply to projects that provide transportation, telecommunications, or basic public services to them. Also, at least 50% of section 2009bb–12 funds must be used for transportation, telecommunications, renewable energy, and basic public infrastructure projects authorized under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 2009bb–2(a).

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §2009bb–5

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(a)Not later than 90 days after May 13, 2002, and annually thereafter, the Authority, in accordance with such criteria as the Authority may establish, shall designate—
(1)as distressed counties, counties in the region that are the most severely and persistently distressed and underdeveloped and have high rates of poverty, unemployment, or outmigration;
(2)as nondistressed counties, counties in the region that are not designated as distressed counties under paragraph (1); and
(3)as isolated areas of distress, areas located in nondistressed counties (as designated under paragraph (2)) that have high rates of poverty, unemployment, or outmigration.
(b)(1)The Authority shall allocate at least 50 percent of the appropriations made available under section 2009bb–12 of this title for programs and projects designed to serve the needs of distressed counties and isolated areas of distress in the region.
(2)The funding limitations under section 2009bb–3(b) of this title shall not apply to a project to provide transportation or telecommunication or basic public services to residents of 1 or more distressed counties or isolated areas of distress in the region.
(c)The Authority shall allocate at least 50 percent of any funds made available under section 2009bb–12 of this title for transportation, telecommunication, renewable energy, and basic public infrastructure projects authorized under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 2009bb–2(a) of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical

Amendments

to this section. The

Amendments

by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 383G of Pub. L. 87–128, title III, was renumbered section 383H and is classified to section 2009bb–6 of this title.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “telecommunication, renewable energy,” for “telecommunication renewable energy,,” in heading and “telecommunication,” for “telecommunication,,” in text. 2008—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 110–246, § 6026(g)(1), substituted “50” for “75”. Pub. L. 110–246, § 6026(c)(2)(D)(i)(I), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 2009bb–12 of this title. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 110–246, § 6026(c)(2)(D)(i)(II), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 2009bb–3(b) of this title. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–246, § 6026(g)(2)–(4), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c), inserted “renewable energy,” after “telecommunication” in heading and “, renewable energy,” after “telecommunication,” in text, and struck out former subsec. (c) which prohibited provision of funds for a project located in a county designated as a nondistressed county. Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 110–246, § 6026(c)(2)(D)(ii), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 2009bb–4(b) of this title. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–246, § 6026(g)(3), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c). Pub. L. 110–246, § 6026(c)(2)(D)(iii), made technical

Amendments

to references in original act which appear in text as references to section 2009bb–12 of this title and section 2009bb–2(a) of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2008 AmendmentAmendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 8701 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 2009bb–5

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60