RURAL WATER AND WASTEWATER CIRCUIT RIDER PROGRAM.

SEC. 6005. RURAL WATER AND WASTEWATER CIRCUIT RIDER PROGRAM. Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(22) Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program.—116 STAT. 354 “(A) In general.—The Secretary shall establish a national rural water and wastewater circuit rider program that is based on the rural water circuit rider program of the National Rural Water Association that (as of the date of enactment of this paragraph) receives funding from the Secretary, acting through the Rural Utilities Service. “(B) Relationship to existing program.—The program established under subparagraph (A) shall not affect the authority of the Secretary to carry out the circuit rider program for which funds are made available under the heading “rural community advancement program” in title III of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (115 Stat. 719). “(C) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.”.