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When the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill) (Pub. L. 113-79) was passed on February 7, 2014, section 6208 of the Farm Bill amended language to section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to include language that an area deemed rural as of October 1, 1990, and later determined not to be rural after the 1990, 2000 or 2010 census, or an area deemed rural anytime between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2010, will retain eligibility until the receipt of the 2020 census data if the area has a population in excess of 25,000 but not in excess of 35,000, is rural in character, and has a serious lack of mortgage credit. To ensure that 7 CFR 3550 is in line with the new housing act provisions, RHS proposes to revise the regulation (7 CFR 3550) to include the new language of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended.