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B-331468


October 17, 2019

The Honorable Pat Roberts
Chairman
The Honorable Debbie Stabenow
Ranking Member
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
United States Senate

The Honorable Collin C. Peterson
Chairman
The Honorable K. Michael Conaway
Ranking Member
Committee on Agriculture
House of Representatives

Subject: Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service, Rural Utilities Service:
        Community Facilities Guaranteed Loan Program Guarantee Fee Rate, Annual
        Renewal Fee, Rural Area Definition, and Funding Priority for Fiscal Year 2020;
        and Water and Waste Disposal Programs Guaranteed Rural Area Definition
        and Funding Reservation for Fiscal Year 2020

Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a
major rule promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service (RHS)
and Rural Utilities Service (RUS) (collectively, the agencies) entitled Community
Facilities Guaranteed Loan Program Guarantee Fee Rate, Annual Renewal Fee, Rural
Area Definition, and Funding Priority for Fiscal Year 2020; and Water and Waste
Disposal Programs Guaranteed Rural Area Definition and Funding Reservation for
Fiscal Year 2020. We received the rule on October 3, 2019. It was published in the
Federal Register as a notice on October 3, 2019. 84 Fed. Reg. 52869. The effective
date of the notice is December 2, 2019.

The notice announces implementation of several provisions of the Agriculture
Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) related to the RHS and the RUS agencies of
the rural development mission area of the Department of Agriculture. Specifically, it
provides notice of the population change in the rural area definition for the Community
Facilities (CF) Guaranteed Loan Program and the Water and Waste Disposal
Guaranteed Loan Program and priorities for each program. It also provides established
fee levels for Fiscal Year 2020 for the CF Guaranteed Loan Program.

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