; (8) provide expertise on rural health to support the activities of the Secretary as Chair of the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity; and (9) provide technical assistance and guidance with respect to activities relating to rural health to the outreach, extension, and county offices of the Department. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 296(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 7014(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (9) The authority of the Secretary to establish in the Department the position of Rural Health Liaison under section 236. .