San Joaquin Valley USDA Rural Definition Inclusion Act

San Joaquin Valley USDA Rural Definition Inclusion Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to designate any part of the areas within the Counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare, California, as a rural area if any such part is determined not to be urban in character (other than any area included within the municipal boundaries of Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, Stockton, or Visalia).

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 760 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 760

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to designate certain parts of 
    California's San Joaquin Valley as a rural area for purposes of 
    programs under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 2011

  Mr. Nunes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to designate certain parts of 
    California's San Joaquin Valley as a rural area for purposes of 
    programs under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``San Joaquin Valley USDA Rural 
Definition Inclusion Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN 
              PARTS OF CALIFORNIA'S SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AS A RURAL AREA 
              FOR PURPOSES OF PROGRAMS UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED FARM AND 
              RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACT.

    Section 343(a)(13) of the Consilidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C 1991(a)(13)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                    ``(H) San joaquin valley.--Notwithstanding any 
                other provision of this paragraph, within the areas of 
                the California counties of Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, 
                Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare, the 
                Secretary may designate any part of the areas as a 
                rural area if the Secretary determines that the part is 
                not urban in character, other than any area included 
                within the municipal boundaries of the city of 
                Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, Stockton, or Visalia.''.
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