HR 4068 · 101th Congress · Agriculture and Food
Advanced Rural Telecommunications and Economic Development Act of 1990
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EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.(1990-03-02)
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Advanced Rural Telecommunications and Economic Development Act of 1990 - States that a goal of the Federal Government is to make affordable advanced telecommunications services available to all rural residents by the year 2000. Subtitle A: Rural Education, Health Care, and Business Development - Rural Education, Health Care, and Business Partnership Act of 1990 - Chapter 1: Rural Economic Development and Education Partnership - Directs the Administrator of the Rural Development Administration to make grants to enable rural economic development and education partnerships among rural school districts, institutions of higher education, and regional educational laboratories to carry out rural economic and education projects such as adult literacy programs, training programs for displaced families, day care programs, entrepreneurial activities, and rural distance learning curricula using interactive computer technology. Requires State review panels to rank grant applications based on project feasibility, support of area plans, and duplication of existing services for submission by the State coordinator to the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to review such list and make grants …
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