A bill to require the establishment and use of short form applications for rural communities applying for economic development grant programs, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3965 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3965 To require the establishment and use of short form applications for rural communities applying for economic development grant programs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 3, 2026 Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Daines, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Hawley, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Moran, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Schatz, and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the establishment and use of short form applications for rural communities applying for economic development grant programs, and for other purposes. 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 ``EDA Short Form Application Act''. SEC. 2. SHORT FORM APPLICATIONS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development. (2) Rural community.--The term ``rural community'' means an incorporated municipality, Tribal area, or territory-- (A) with a population of not more than 10,000 individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census in the most recent decennial census; or (B) that, as determined by the Assistant Secretary, is not located in a metropolitan statistical area, as designated by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (b) Short Form Applications.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Assistant Secretary shall establish a short form a