A bill to provide for the consideration of certain applications for rural housing assistance under title V of the Housing Act of 1949.

Requires that any application for rural housing assistance for an area which was determined by the Secretary of Agriculture not to be an eligible rural area as a result of the 1980 decennial census shall be processed as though the area was an eligible rural area if during the 120 days before the Secretary's determination the application was: (1) requested and not provided by the Secretary; or (2) submitted and discarded by the Secretary without written notice to the applicant.