Congress 107 - HR 5579 - Rural Development Act of 2002

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Building construction Business income tax Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Continuing education Cost of living adjustments Dropout prevention Economics and Public Finance Education Educational technology Elementary and secondary education Elementary education English language Federal aid to education Federal aid to medical education Federal aid to nursing education Government Operations and Politics Health Higher education History Home care services Hospices (Terminal care) Housing and Community Development Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Investment tax credit Job creation Labor and Employment Maintenance and repair Mathematics Nonprofit organizations Nurses Nursing homes Physicians Recruiting of employees Rural economic development Rural education Rural health Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Secondary education Social Welfare Special education Student loan funds Tax returns Taxation Teacher education Teacher supply and demand

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Rural Development Act of 2002 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a limited rural investment tax credit for each new or existing qualified rural investment building that is part of a qualified rural investment project located in a qualifying county.

Directs the Secretary of Education to award rural education initiative grants to States for local educational agencies.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a National Physician and Nurse Service Corps Scholarship Program to provide scholarships to individuals seeking medical or nursing education in exchange for service in rural areas.

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Oct 28, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Oct 17, 2002

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1895)
Oct 8, 2002

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 8, 2002

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