Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2013

Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2013 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the requirements for consideration as rural areas with respect to assistance for farm housing.

States that any area classified as "rural" or a "rural area" before October 1, 1990, and determined not to be "rural" or a "rural area" as a result of data received from or after the 1990, 2000, or 2010 (currently, only the 1990 or 2000) decennial census shall continue to be so classified until the receipt of data from the decennial census in the year 2020 (currently, 2010), if, as under current law, such area has a population of between 10,000 and 25,000, is rural in character, and has a serious lack of mortgage credit for lower and moderate-income families.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 858 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 858

     To amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the 
requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of 
                               such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2013

Mr. Fortenberry (for himself, Mr. Hinojosa, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Walz, Mr. 
  Womack, and Mr. Courtney) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the 
requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of 
                               such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Housing Preservation Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF RURAL AREA.

    The second sentence of section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1490) is amended by striking: ``1990 or 2000 decennial census 
shall continue to be so classified until the receipt of data from the 
decennial census in the year 2010'' and inserting ``1990, 2000, or 2010 
decennial census shall continue to be so classified until the receipt 
of data from the decennial census in the year 2020''.
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