Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Expanded SUTA Act of 2018”.
Expanded SUTA Act of 2018
A BILL
To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to expand substantially underserved trust area authority to all rural development programs of the Department of Agriculture.
Sec. 2 Expansion and clarification of existing authority
Section 306F of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 936f) is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (1), by striking “Rural Utilities Service” in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and all that follows through the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting “rural development mission area.”; and
in paragraph (2), by inserting “, including a community within any former Indian reservation,” before “with respect to which”; and
in subsection (c)—
in paragraph (1), by striking “Rural Utilities Service to qualified utilities or applicants” and inserting “rural development mission area to qualified applicants”; and
in paragraph (2), by striking “Rural Utilities Service to facilitate the construction, acquisition, or improvement of infrastructure” and inserting “rural development mission area”.