,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ebda  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #be1
 #bjbd,mr4 ,barrasso introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to require the establishment   
and use of short form applications for  
rural communities applying for economic 
development grant programs1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,,eda ,short   
,form ,application ,act4  #b4 ,short    
form applications for rural communities 
in economic development programs  7a7   
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,assistant ,secretary ,the term         
,assistant ,secretary means the         
,assistant ,secretary of ,commerce for  
,economic ,development4  7#b7 ,rural    
community ,the term rural community     
means an incorporated municipality1     
,tribal area1 or territory-- 7,a7 with a
 population of not more than #aj1jjj    

individuals1 as determined by the       
,bureau of the ,census in the most      
recent decennial census2 or  7,b7 that1 
as determined by the ,assistant         
,secretary1 is not located in a         
metropolitan statistical area1 as       
designated by the ,director of the      
,office of ,management and ,budget4  7b7
 ,short form applications               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,assistant ,secretary shall    
establish a short form application for  
rural communities that may be used by   
applicants in rural communities for any 
grant program administered by the       
,economic ,development ,administration4 
7c7 ,rural stakeholder input ,in        
establishing a short form application   
under subsection 7b71 the ,assistant    
,secretary shall solicit input from a   
representative group of stakeholders in 
rural communities on the challenges     
faced by rural communities in           
identifying opportunities1 and applying1
 for grants from the ,economic          

,development ,administration1           
including-- 7#a7 the length of the      
applications2  7#b7 the information and 
documentation required or requested to  
be submitted as part of the             
applications2  7#c7 the degree of       
applicability to rural communities of   
questions in the applications and       
information and documentation described 
in paragraph 7#b72 and  7#d7 any other  
considerations the ,assistant ,secretary
 determines to be necessary for the     
establishment of the short form         
application4