118 HR 5445 IH: Designating the Guam and Western Pacific USDA Rural Development Office Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-09-13 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5445IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 13, 2023Mr. Moylan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on AgricultureA BILLTo provide for the designation of the Guam and Western Pacific USDA Rural Development office as the representative of USDA Rural Development in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the Freely Associated States.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Designating the Guam and Western Pacific USDA Rural Development Office Act.

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Designation of the Guam and Western Pacific USDA Rural Development Office

Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Undersecretary for Rural Development shall designate the Guam and Western Pacific USDA Rural Development office to be the representative of USDA Rural Development in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia, and shall delegate to that office the same rights and responsibilities as are delegated to the USDA Rural Development office for any State.