in rural areas. (b) Relationship to Championing American Business Through Diplomacy Act The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of State shall carry out subsection (a) in a manner consistent with the purposes of the Championing American Business Through Diplomacy Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.). (c) Rural area defined In this section the term rural area means an area with a population of less than 50,000 inhabitants that is outside an urbanized area, as determined by the most recent decennial census. .