,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,southerland 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,mc,intyre1 ,mr4 ,enyart1 ,mr4 ,young of
 ,alaska1 ,mrs4 ,hartzler1 ,mr4 ,roe of 
,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,stockman1 ,mr4        
,ribble1 and ,mr4 ,duncan of ,south     
,carolina7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to ensure that the ,federal government 
is able to receive the maximum return on
 its investment in the rural essential  
community facilities loan and grant     
programs and effective services to rural
 communities4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,building      
,rural ,communities ,act4  #b4          
,essential community facilities         
technical assistance and traning        
,section #cjf7;a77#ai7 of the           
,consolidated ,farm and ,rural          
,development ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4         
#aibf7;a77#ai77 is amended by adding at 

the end the following3  7,d7 ,essential 
community facilities technical          
assistance and training  7i7 ,in general
 ,the ,secretary may make grants to     
public bodies and private nonprofit     
corporations1 such as ,states1 counties1
 cities1 townships1 and incorporated    
towns and villages1 boroughs1           
authorities1 districts and ,indian      
tribes on ,federal and ,state           
reservations which will serve rural     
areas for the purpose of enabling them  
to provide to associations described in 
paragraph 7#a7 technical assistance and 
training to--  7,i7 assist communities  
in identifying and planning for         
community facility needs2  7,,ii7       
identify public and private resources to
 finance community facilities needs2    
7,,iii7 prepare reports and surveys     
necessary to request financial          
assistance to develop community         
facilities2  7,,iv7 prepare applications
 for financial assistance2  7,v7 improve
 the management1 including financial    

management1 related to the operation of 
community facilities2 or  7,,vi7 assist 
with other areas of need identified by  
the ,secretary4  7ii7 ,selection        
priority ,in selecting recipients of    
grants under this subparagraph1 the     
,secretary shall give priority to       
private1 nonprofit organizations that   
have experience in providing technical  
assistance and training to rural        
entities4  7iii7 ,funding ,not less than
 #c nor more than #e percent of any     
funds appropriated to carry out each of 
the essential community facilities loan 
program authorized in paragraph 7#a7 and
 the essential community facilities     
grant program authorized in subparagraph
 7,a7 for any fiscal year shall be      
reserved for grants under this          
subparagraph4  4