MULTIJURISDICTIONAL REGIONAL PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS.

SEC. 6006. MULTIJURISDICTIONAL REGIONAL PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS. Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) (as amended by section 6005) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(23) Multijurisdictional regional planning organizations.— “(A) Grants.—The Secretary shall provide grants to multijurisdictional regional planning and development organizations to pay the Federal share of the cost of providing assistance to local governments to improve the infrastructure, services, and business development capabilities of local governments and local economic development organizations. “(B) Priority.—In determining which organizations will receive a grant under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to an organization that— “(i) serves a rural area that, during the most recent 5-year period— “(I) had a net out-migration of inhabitants, or other population loss, from the rural area that equals or exceeds 5 percent of the population of the rural area; or “(II) had a median household income that is less than the nonmetropolitan median household income of the applicable State; and “(ii) has a history of providing substantive assistance to local governments and economic development organizations. “(C) Federal share.—A grant provided under this paragraph shall be for not more than 75 percent of the cost of providing assistance described in subparagraph (A). “(D) Maximum amount of grants.—The amount of a grant provided to an organization under this paragraph shall not exceed $100,000. “(E) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.”.