Designation of Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities
rural-development · Rural Utilities Service · Rule · Published 1998-04-16 · Effective 1998-05-18 · 63 FR 19108
Document
Document number
98-10156
Federal Register citation
63 FR 19108
CFR reference
7 CFR 25
Type
Rule
Action
Interim rule with request for comments.
Category
rural-development
Sub-agency
Rural Utilities Service
Publication date
1998-04-16
Effective date
1998-05-18
Abstract
This interim rule sets forth the policy and procedures by which the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will designate not more than five rural Empowerment Zones (Round II) as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-34). This interim rule also amends regulations pertaining to the existing three (3) rural Empowerment Zones and thirty (30) rural Enterprise Communities which were designated pursuant to Title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-66) (Round I). Published elsewhere in this Federal Register is a Notice Inviting Applications for Designation of rural Empowerment Zones for Round II pursuant to this implementing regulation.