Pub. L. 108-447, div. A, tit. VII, sec. 727

Sec. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and until receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider—(1) the City of Salinas, California; the City of Watsonville, California; and the City of Hollister, California, eligible for programs administered by the Rural Housing Service;(2) the Town of Horseshoe Beach, Florida; the City of Wewahitchka, Florida; the City of Southport, Florida; the City of Resota Beach, Florida; the City of Creedmoor, North Carolina; the County of Lake, Florida; the City of St. Cloud, Florida; the City of Plantation, Florida; the Cleburne County Water Authority of Alabama; and the City of Coburg, Oregon, eligible for loans and grants funded through the rural utilities programs in the Rural Community Advancement Program account;(3) the City of Casa Grande, Arizona, a rural area for purposes of eligibility for loans and grants provided through the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program account, the Rural Housing Assistance Grants account and the rural utilities programs in the Rural Community Advancement Program account;(4) the City of Coachella, California, eligible for loans and grants funded through the rural utilities programs and rural business and cooperative development programs in the Rural Community Advancement Program account and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program account;(5) the City of Springfield, Ohio; the City of Lexington, Virginia; the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi; the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi; the City of Cache, Oklahoma; and the City of Elgin, Oklahoma, eligible for loans and grants funded through the rural community programs in the Rural Community Advancement Program account;(6) the City of Carbondale, Illinois, a rural area for purposes of eligibility for loans and grants funded through the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program account and the Rural Housing Assistance Grants account;(7) the City of St. Joseph, Missouri, eligible for loans and grants funded through the rural business and cooperative development programs in the Rural Community Advancement Program account relating to an application submitted to the 118 STAT. 2843 Department by a farmer-owned cooperative, a majority of whose members reside in a rural area, as determined by the Secretary, and for the purchase and operation of a facility beneficial to the purpose of the cooperative; and (8) the fiber-to-premises broadband facilities in St. Lucie County, Florida, and the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida, collectively, to meet the eligibility requirements for loans and loan guarantees under section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb).