0570-AA94 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0570 Rural Business-Cooperative Service RBS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Strategic Economic and Community Development

This interim rule implements section 6025 Strategic Economic and Community Development under the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill). Unless the Agency provides otherwise, the Agency will reserve up to 10 percent of the funds appropriated to certain Rural Development (RD) programs each fiscal year to fund projects that support the implementation of strategic economic and community development plans across multi-jurisdictional areas. The programs from which funds will be reserved are community facility programs, water and waste disposal programs, and rural business and cooperative development programs. To be eligible for the reserved funds, projects must be first eligible for funding under the programs from which the funds are reserved. In addition projects must be carried out solely in rural areas. Any reserved funding that is not obligated by June 30 of the fiscal year in which the funds were reserved will be returned to the programs regular funding accounts.

]]> Economically Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Undetermined No 7 CFR 1942, subpart A 7 CFR 1942, subpart C 7 CFR 3570, subpart B 7 CFR 3575, subpart A 7 CFR 1779 7 CFR 1780, subpart A, B, C, D 7 CFR 4279, subpart A, B 7 CFR 4287, subpart B PL 113-076, sec 6025 No Interim Final Rule 03/00/2015 Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 06/00/2015 No No Undetermined No No No No Kenneth Meardon Robert Policy Advisor 0570 Rural Business-Cooperative Service RBS 202 260-8296 ken.meardon@wdc.usda.gov U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20250