To amend title 40, United States Code, to designate certain counties and a city as part of the Appalachian region.

Amends Federal provisions concerning Appalachian regional development to revise the definition of "Appalachian region" to include: (1) cities located within listed counties; and (2) Franklin, Henry, and Patrick Counties and the City of Martinsville in Virginia.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 382 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 382

 To amend title 40, United States Code, to designate certain counties 
             and a city as part of the Appalachian region.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2005

Mr. Goode (for himself and Mr. Boucher) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 40, United States Code, to designate certain counties 
             and a city as part of the Appalachian region.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL COUNTIES AND CITY IN APPALACHIAN REGION.

    Section 14102(a)(1) of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
        the following: ``and cities located within the boundaries of 
        such area'' before the closing parenthesis; and
            (2) in paragraph (L)--
                    (A) by inserting ``Franklin'' after ``Floyd'';
                    (B) by inserting ``Henry,'' after ``Grayson,'';
                    (C) by inserting ``Patrick,'' after 
                ``Montgomery,''; and
                    (D) by inserting ``and the city of Martinsville'' 
                after ``and Wythe''.
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