Definitions

In this Act: (1) High-Density Public Land County The term High-Density Public Land County means a county (or equivalent jurisdiction) of a State or territory of the United States— (A) that has a population of not more than 100,000 people, according to the most recent annual estimates of population by the Bureau of the Census; and (B) in which more than 50 percent of the land is owned or managed by the Federal Government. (2) Qualifying grant program The term qualifying grant program means— (A) the Rural Business Development grant program established under section 310B(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)); (B) the community facilities grant program established under section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)); (C) the Economic Impact Initiative grant program established under section 306(a)(20)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(20)(B)); (D) the Telemedicine and Distance Learning Services grant program established under chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XXIII of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.); (E) the Community Connect Grant Program established under section 604 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–3); (F) the broadband loan and grant pilot program known as the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program or the ReConnect Program, authorized under section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141; 132 Stat. 399); (G) any discretionary grant program of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, the Rural Housing Service, the Rural Utilities Service, or any other rural development agency of the Department of Agriculture under which grants are awarded to— (i) counties; (ii) other units of local government; or (iii) Tribal governments; and (H) any other discretionary grant program of the Department of Agriculture under which grants for rural development or energy are awarded to— (i) counties; (ii) other units of local government; or (iii) Tribal governments. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. (4) Tribal government The term Tribal government means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).