,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eeib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjad
 ,ms4 ,gabbard 7for herself and ,mr4    
,young of ,alaska7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,health and ,human ,services to include
 certain areas within the frontier and  
remote area levels designations4  #a4   
,modifying ,,hrsa methodology for       
designation of frontier and remote areas
 ,notwithstanding any other provision of
 law1 in developing the methodology for 
the designation of frontier and remote  
areas published in the ,federal         
,register on ,may #e1 #bjad 7#gi ,fed4  
,reg4 #beeii71 the ,secretary of ,health
 and ,human ,services shall--  7#a7     
designate as a frontier area any area in
 ,hawaii or ,alaska that is defined or  
designated as rural under the law of the
 respective ,state for purposes of      
determining whether the area qualifies  

as rural for a ,federal program2 and    
7#b7 include1 in addition to the        
frontier and remote area levels         
otherwise defined pursuant to such      
methodology1 a level 7developed in      
accordance with a process established by
 the ,secretary7 for areas that have    
unique characteristics 7such as being   
geographically isolated7 that should    
qualify such areas for such designation4