; and (II) modify the application, as appropriate. (C) Approval (i) States The one or more States that receive an application under subparagraph (A)(ii)(I)(aa), in coordination with the applicable State offices of the rural development mission area, shall approve the Council as eligible to receive a rural partnership block grant if the requirements under subsection (b) for the composition of the membership of a Council are satisfied. (ii) Secretary Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary, in coordination with the applicable State offices of the rural development mission area, may approve applications received under subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) if the requirements under subsection (b) for the composition of the membership of a Council are satisfied. (2) Areas outside of micropolitan and metropolitan statistical areas; other rural areas (A) In general To be eligible to receive a rural partnership block grant— (i) a rural partnership council shall be established in accordance with subsection (b) by one or more entities described in subsection (b)(1) that— (I) are located in, or represent, two or more contiguous census tracts or counties in an area that is— (aa) not within a micropolitan statistical area or a metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; (bb) determined to be rural in character under section 343(a)(13)(D); or (cc) excluded from not being in a rural area under section 343(a)(13)(E); and (II) are not represented by a Council established under paragraph (1)(A)(i) or (3)(A)(i); and (ii) that Council shall submit an application to— (I) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Rebuild Rural America Act of 2023 — (aa) the one or more applicable States; and (bb) the applicable State offices of the rural development mission area