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  • H.R. 502 aims to make the rural surface transportation grant program more accessible to small communities in rural areas. The bill changes the definition of eligible areas to those with a population of 30,000 or less and introduces a new definition for "small community,"...

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    H.R. 502 is a plan to help small towns in the countryside get money for fixing roads and making their towns better places to live. It focuses on towns with fewer than 5,000 people and makes it easier for them to pay for these projects, with help covering most of the costs.

  • The bill S. 5607 proposes amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the rehabilitation credit for buildings in rural areas. It introduces a special credit for "applicable rural projects," allowing a 40% credit for affordable housing projects and a 30% credit...

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    The bill aims to help fix old buildings in small towns by offering extra money back to people who make them nicer, giving more back for affordable homes than other projects, but only if the town is not too big.