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H.R. 2761: To amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to provide flexibility to the definition of rural areas.

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H.R. 2761: To amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to provide flexibility to the definition of rural areas.

112th Congress · introduced 2011-08-01 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-08-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

To amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to provide flexibility to the definition of rural areas.

Plain summary

Amends the Housing Act of 1949, with respect to financial assistance to farm owners through the Farmers Home Administration, to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to consider as rural or a rural area for farm housing purposes a place, town, village, or city with a population of 35,000 or less that demonstrates that it is experiencing economic distress from which such financial assistance would be of significant value in helping it recover. Cites as evidence of economic distress: (1) an unemployment rate higher than the national average, or (2) an average wage or home sale price lower than the national wage.

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Official text

To amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to provide flexibility to the definition of rural areas.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2761 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112