Sentences with phrase «for rural infrastructure»

a rating from at least 2 rating agencies on the Federal credit instrument, subject to the condition that, with respect to clause (iii), if the senior debt and Federal credit instrument is for an amount less than $ 75,000,000 or for a rural infrastructure project or intelligent transportation systems project, 1 rating agency opinion for each of the senior debt and Federal credit instrument shall be sufficient.

Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in a case in which the Federal credit instrument is the senior debt, the Federal credit instrument shall be required to receive an investment grade rating from at least 2 rating agencies, unless the credit instrument is for a rural infrastructure project or intelligent transportation systems project, in which case 1 rating agency opinion shall be sufficient.

(Sec. 20001) Amends TIFIA to authorize as an eligible transportation infrastructure project cost the capitalizing of a rural projects fund using proceeds of secured loans made to state infrastructure banks to make loans for rural infrastructure projects.

[168] For a TIFIA direct loan to capitalize a rural projects fund within a SIB, the DOT may consider dedicated revenue sources available to the SIB, including repayments from the SIB's loans for rural infrastructure projects.

(A) IN GENERAL. - Of the total amount of funds made available to carry out this chapter for each fiscal year, not more than 10 percent shall be set aside for rural infrastructure projects.»

TIFIA direct loans can only be used to refinance: (i) interim construction financing of eligible project costs; (ii) existing Federal credit instruments for rural infrastructure projects; or (iii) long - term project obligations or Federal credit instruments if the refinancing provides additional funding capacity for the completion, enhancement, or expansion of an eligible project.

The lobbyist said that rural states would be most adversely impacted, noting that even though Trump's plan includes $ 50 billion in federal funding for rural infrastructure projects, that may be a high enough compensatory figure.

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Cambodia stagnated for the latter part of the 20th century partly because of internal conflict and the lack of infrastructure in rural areas.

For example, as more and more people move out of rural areas and into cities, the transportation infrastructures in cities are being stressed like never before.

«Municipal and rural infrastructures may be improved through the investment into eco-friendly housing and businesses that create products and services for the benefits of the community and to consumers.»

Aquila will be responsible for beaming Internet signals back to rural areas on Earth that lack the kind of communications infrastructure needed to maintain Internet connectivity.

Attacking cities» power grids, transportation arteries or other critical infrastructure, while leaving rural areas untouched, could result in a significant advantage for one candidate over another.

These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

On the spending side of the ledger, the priorities have been agriculture support (after two weak monsoons), rural development spending, infrastructure investments and a massive structural shift to direct benefit transfers deposited in the bank accounts of beneficiaries — made possible by the extraordinary biometric identity card program (Aadhaar) covering 950 million people, and the impressive financial inclusion initiative which has opened over 200 million new bank accounts for impoverished families.

None of these infrastructures and supporting industries for the rural areas of the world can be built without the backing of the donor nations and multilateral agencies.

Such action would also have broader implications for infrastructure in rural and remote areas of Australia particularly regarding critical issues such as road maintenance and health services which are shared by all.

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources oversees the Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure Program (SRWUIP) which is a national program investing in rural water use, management and efficiency, including improved water knowledge and market reform, and water purchase for the environRural Water Use and Infrastructure Program (SRWUIP) which is a national program investing in rural water use, management and efficiency, including improved water knowledge and market reform, and water purchase for the environrural water use, management and efficiency, including improved water knowledge and market reform, and water purchase for the environment.

Employing a financing model similar to the Fresh Food Financing Initiative — a financing program designed to attract supermarkets and grocery stores to underserved urban and rural communities by paying for infrastructure costs and credit needs not met by conventional financial institutions.

According to Mohammed, he said that UNICEF had also provided technical assistance to the state government on procurement, contract management, implementation and monitoring for the provision of water supply and sanitation infrastructure in rural areas.

«We need to reach a budget agreement that equally boosts funds for our military and key priorities here at home including the opioid crisis, pension plans and rural infrastructure,» Schumer and Pelosi said.

«I thanked him for his service — he has worked very hard improving infrastructure in Cumbria, very hard on drawing attention to rural communities... I had a very agreeable conversation with him about that issue some months ago.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

The predominately rural district, he charges, will suffer when funding for parkland that attracts both tourists and new residents slows and if support for public health infrastructure dries up.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo continued the roll out of his 2015 agenda Tuesday with details of an infrastructure plan that includes upgrading New York City region airports to providing broadband for upstate rural areas.

The remainder would go to futuristic projects that might not otherwise attract investment and other infrastructure financing needs, including $ 20 billion for existing infrastructure projects and $ 50 billion targeted at rural America.

He has been a powerful voice for rural and remote communities and served his community well, campaigning for additional flood defences and infrastructure for Cumbria.

The legislation would do five things: spur clean energy businesses, help farmers diversify their products, retrain workers for specific local manufacturer needs, invest in infrastructure and expand rural broadband access.

New investments in mini grid systems aimed at bringing power to rural Africa and other remote areas may provide a test bed for the rural energy infrastructure of the future.

Investments in mini grid systems aimed at powering up remote parts of Africa may provide a test bed for rural energy infrastructure elsewhere in the world

Maybe they would have planned for the rural exodus that swelled the urban areas so fast that the infrastructure could not keep up.

Although the focus of the Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is on building the telecommunications infrastructure for rural communities, their Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants Program does provide funds for putting classes online, allows program manager Mark SeRural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is on building the telecommunications infrastructure for rural communities, their Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants Program does provide funds for putting classes online, allows program manager Mark Serural communities, their Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants Program does provide funds for putting classes online, allows program manager Mark Seiler.

Projects ranged from an infrastructure model for diverting Chicago's rainwater into Lake Michigan to a solar panel installation training program for rural women in Africa.

Among other changes, report authors say some rural infrastructure should be relocated away from coastlines, while new and existing buildings in the densely packed New York City metropolitan region should be reconfigured to allow for periodic flooding and sea intrusion.

Microscope - enabled mobile phones have the potential to significantly contribute to the technology available for global healthcare, particularly in the developing world and rural areas where mobile phone infrastructure is already ubiquitous but trained medical personnel, clinical laboratory facilities, and clinical expertise are scarce.

The Government's National Infrastructure Commission has warned that Britain is languishing in the digital slow lane with 80 per cent of rural premises in My busy work schedule leaves very little time for dating and even less time for an endless online searches.

Dignified, adequate infrastructure and services should be prioritized for rural areas and poor parts of urban areas; the parasitic exploitation of villages by cities should be eliminated through measures for maximum urban self - sufficiency and sustainability; public transportation, walking and bicycling needs to be prioritized over private motorized transportation; adequate shelter / housing with land rights should be a high priority for urban slums.

And it's true that some of the teachers in rural areas might not have the same academic qualifications — particularly in a place like Oaxaca, which for all its tourist delights of its capital is one of Mexico's poorest states, with a large indigenous population and substandard infrastructure.

The $ 28.7 million BadgerNet project will expand infrastructure for rural schools and libraries, via phone lines, throughout the State.

For example, rural schools face uneven broadband access and infrastructure to support technology - based instructional tools as well as capacity challenges with small staffs in adopting what may be a radically different instructional orientation.

-» (A) IN GENERAL. - Except as provided in subparagraph (B), to be eligible for assistance under this chapter, a project shall have eligible project costs that are reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed the lesser of -» (i)(I) $ 50,000,000; or» (ii) in the case of a rural infrastructure project, $ 25,000,000; and» (ii) 331⁄3 percent of the amount of Federal highway assistance funds apportioned for the most recently completed fiscal year to the State in which the project is located.»

(B) REOBLIGATION. - Any amounts set aside under subparagraph (A) that remain unobligated by June 1 of the fiscal year for which the amounts were set aside shall be available for obligation by the Secretary on projects other than rural infrastructure projects.»

The guiding principles are to: 1) use federal dollars as seed money to incentivize infrastructure investment; 2) provide for the needs of rural communities; 3) streamline permitting to speed up project delivery; and, 4) reduce unnecessary and overly burdensome regulations.

In order to be eligible for credit assistance, a project must have at least $ 50 million in total costs (intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and rural infrastructure projects may have total of project costs of no less than $ 15 million and $ 25 million, respectively).

Among our recent initiatives is ensuring that at least one - quarter of our recently announced Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program will be utilized for rural projects.

Through focusing on interdisciplinary design - related research of landscape infrastructures they provide important clues for the development of spatial armatures that can guide urban and rural development and have cultural and civic significance.

The remote rural areas in the state are not only lacking in infrastructure for saving homeless pets, they also have few services for owned pets.

This eight - suite lodge is charting a new course for rural Brazilians, not just by offering employment and literacy programs for its neighboring communities but also by creating vital infrastructure for a once - disconnected area.

He does his own fieldwork, travelling extensively throughout China's rural areas, where entire villages have been demolished due to heedless industrialisation and to make way for vast, disruptive infrastructure projects such as the Three Gorges Dam.

The mix of fuels and technologies for clean cooking in rural areas varies, depending on locally available resources and infrastructure, but in total around 1 billion people in rural areas gain access via improved biomass cookstoves, while LPG and biogas provide for the remaining 1 billion people.

This support can take the form of more reliable and localised weather forecasts, subsidies for inputs, well - trained extension workers, better facilities for livestock health, well - funded agricultural research, and improved rural infrastructure such as road networks.