; . (2) Conforming amendment Section 343(a)(13)(D)(iii)(V) of such Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(D)(iii)(V) ) is amended by striking (IV) and inserting (V) . 3. Harmonization of the population threshold for rural communities under Department of Energy program Section 609(a)(5) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 7 U.S.C. 918c(a)(5) ) is amended by striking 10,000 inhabitants and inserting 50,000 inhabitants (excluding populations described in subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13) ) . 4. Harmonization of the population threshold for rural water supply projects The Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 ( 43 U.S.C. 2401 et seq. ) is amended— (1) by amending section 102(9)(A) to read as follows: (A) In general The term “rural water supply project” means a project that is designed to serve a community or group of communities— (i) each of which has a population of not more than 50,000 inhabitants (excluding populations described in subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13) ); and (ii) which may include Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, dispersed homesites, or rural areas with domestic, industrial, municipal, and residential water. ; and (2) in section 202(6)— (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (D) and (E) respectively; and (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: (B) a rural water project or rural water supply project authorized under— (i) section 1110 of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ); or (ii) any other Federal statute; (C) any project authorized for an Indian Tribe under part III of subtitle A of title X of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–11 )