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Section 1
1. Rural surface transportation grant program Section 173 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following: The term covered county means a county that has an annual gross agricultural production value of at least $1,000,000,000 and agricultural production of at least $500,000 per square mile, adjusted annually for inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. The term farm-to-market road means a road located within a covered county. in subsection (i) by striking subsection (k)(1) and inserting paragraphs (1) and (4) of subsection (k); in subsection (k)— by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: The Secretary shall reserve 10 percent of the amounts made available for the program for each fiscal year to provide grants for eligible projects located on farm-to-market roads in any amount. in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) by striking or (3) and inserting (3), or (4); and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall create, and annually update, a list of covered counties. (3)Covered countyThe term covered county means a county that has an annual gross agricultural production value of at least $1,000,000,000 and agricultural production of at least $500,000 per square mile, adjusted annually for inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. (4)Farm-to-market roadThe term farm-to-market road means a road located within a covered county.; (4)Farm-to-market roadsThe Secretary shall reserve 10 percent of the amounts made available for the program for each fiscal year to provide grants for eligible projects located on farm-to-market roads in any amount.; and (p)Eligible covered countiesThe Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall create, and annually update, a list of covered counties..