,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #h1 #bjba,mr4 
,kustoff 7for himself and ,mr4          
,crawford7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to provide an exemption from   
certain requirements for federally      
funded projects and activities in areas 
not in metropolitan statistical areas1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,paving the ,way for ,rural ,communities
 ,act of #bjba4  #b4 ,federally funded  
projects and activities not in          
metropolitan statistical areas          
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,national ,environmental       
,policy ,act of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#dcba et seq471 the ,endangered ,species
 ,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et  
seq471 and division ,a of subtitle ,,iii
 of title #ed1 ,united ,states ,code    
7formerly known as the ,national        

,historic ,preservation ,act71 shall not
 apply to any project or activity that--
 7#a7 is not located in a metropolitan  
statistical area 7as defined by the     
,office of ,management and ,budget72 and
  7#b7 is carried out using ,federal    
funds4