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§ 2204b–2. Temporary prioritization of rural health assistance
(a) Authority to temporarily prioritize certain rural development applications
(b) Public health disruption
(c) Content of announcementIn the announcement, the Secretary shall—
(1) describe the nature of the public health disruption, including the causes, effects, affected populations, and affected States;
(2) explain how the programs of the Department of Agriculture will work in remedying the public health disruption;
(3) identify the services, treatments, or infrastructure best suited to address the public health disruption;
(4) establish—
(A) the start and end dates of the reprioritization;
(B) the programs subject to reprioritization and the modifications to the application process;
(C) the process for making reprioritizations for applicable programs;
(D) the amount of funds set-aside for applicable programs, except that a set-aside for such a program shall not be greater than 20 percent of the amounts appropriated for the program for the fiscal year involved; and
(E) the region in which the reprioritization is in effect; and
(5) instruct program administrators to implement the reprioritization during the application window or announcement after the announcement takes effect.
(d) Limitations on reprioritizationsWhen announcing the reprioritization, the Secretary shall—
(1) establish an initial total time period of less than 4 years, except as provided for in subsection (e);
(2) implement only 1 nationally applicable reprioritization at a time;
(3) implement only 1 regionally applicable reprioritization per State at a time; and
(4) not use reprioritizations to allocate additional funds to an affected State.
(e) Extension
(f) Rescinding the announcement
(g) Notice
(Pub. L. 92–419, title VI, § 608, as added Pub. L. 115–334, title VI, § 6101(b), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4727.)