Location of Offices in Rural Areas.—

Sec. 601. Location of Offices in Rural Areas.—Section 901 (b) of the Act of November 30, 1970 (84 Stat. 1383), is amended to read as follows: “(b) Congress hereby directs the heads of all executive departments and agencies of the Government to establish and maintain departmental policies and procedures giving first priority to the locution of new offices and other facilities in rural areas as defined in the private business enterprise exception in section 806(a) (7) of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1926). The President is hereby requested to submit to the Congress not later than September 1 of each fiscal year a report reflecting the efforts during the immediately preceding fiscal year of all executive departments and agencies in carrying out the provisions of this section, citing 86 Stat. 675the location of all new facilities, and including a statement covering the basic reasons for the selection of all new locutions;”