,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjai,mr4
 ,butterfield introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture1 and in      
addition to the ,committees on          
,financial ,services1 and ,energy and   
,commerce1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to offer persistent poverty 
counties and political subdivisions of  
such counties the opportunity to have   
their rural development loans           
restructured4  #a4 ,opportunity for     
persistent poverty counties and         
political subdivisions in those counties
 to have their rural development loans  
restructured  7a7 ,in general ,on       
request of a persistent poverty county  
or a political subdivision of such a    
county that has an outstanding loan     

described in subsection 7c71 the entity 
that made the loan shall restructure the
 loan so that the interest rate on the  
loan is #j percent and the loan term is 
#dj years4  7b7 ,persistent poverty     
county defined ,in subsection 7a71 the  
term persistent poverty county means a  
county that has had #bj percent or more 
of its population living in poverty over
 the past #cj years1 as measured by the 
#aiij1 #bjjj1 and #bjaj decennial       
censuses4  7c7 ,loan described ,a loan  
is described in this subsection if the  
loan is any of the following3 7#a7      
,water and waste disposal loan ,a loan  
made under section #cjf7;a77#a7 of the  
,consolidated ,farm and ,rural          
,development ,act for a water and waste 
disposal purpose4  7#b7 ,essential      
community facility loan ,a loan made    
under section #cjf7;a77#a7 of the       
,consolidated ,farm and ,rural          
,development ,act for an essential      
community facility4  7#c7               
,telecommunications infrastructure loan 

,a loan made under title ,,iii of the   
,rural ,electrification ,act of #aicf4  
7#d7 ,rural broadband access loan ,a    
loan made under section #fja of the     
,rural ,electrification ,act of #aicf4  
7#e7 ,distance learning and telemedicine
 loan ,a loan made under section #bccc  
of the ,food ,agriculture1              
,conservation1 and ,trade ,act of #aiij4
  7#f7 ,broadband loan and grant pilot  
program loan ,a loan made under the     
program provided for in section #ggi of 
,agriculture1 ,rural ,development1 ,food
 and ,drug ,administration1 and ,related
 ,agencies ,appropriations ,act1 #bjah4 
7#g7 ,rural electrification loan ,a loan
 made under any provision of the ,rural 
,electrification ,act of #aicf for a    
rural electrification purpose4  7#h7    
,multifamily rural rental housing loan  
,a loan made under section #eae of the  
,housing ,act of #aidi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
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