,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cgb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #g1 #bjai 
,mr4 ,risch 7for himself and ,mr4       
,crapo7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
appropriately limit the impact of the   
presence of large ,federal installations
 in the delineation of core based       
statistical areas4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,statistical ,area ,fairness ,act of    
#bjai4  #b4 ,limits in delineation of   
core based statistical areas  7a7       
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
large ,federal installation means a     
parcel of ,federal land--  7#a7 that has
 an area of not less than #ejj miles2   
and  7#b7 on which a ,federal facility  
7as defined in section #icj of title    
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code7 is situated4
  7b7 ,purposes ,the purposes of this   
section are-- 7#a7 to account for the   

impact that large ,federal installations
 have on rural counties in which they   
are based2 and  7#b7 to ensure that     
rural counties with large ,federal      
installations within their borders are  
not negatively affected by core based   
statistical area designations4  7c7     
,limitation ,in delineating core based  
statistical areas1 the ,office of       
,management and ,budget shall not       
include a county in which a large       
,federal installation is located in a   
core based statistical area on the basis
 of the percentage of the employment in 
that county that is accounted for by    
workers who reside in the central county
 or counties of the core based          
statistical area1 as determined by the  
,office of ,management and ,budget4