3.0.0 3877 2025-12-05T09:20:54Z 2025-12-05T09:20:54Z House H HR 2023-06-06 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3877 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 98 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. STRICKLAND:H.R. 3877.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:The Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2023 wouldcreate an Office of Small Farms, located within the FarmProduction and Conservation (FPAC) Mission Area to includeliaisons in FSA, NRCS, RMA, RD, NASS, NIFA, AMS, OPPE, headsof such other agencies, advisory groups, and offices as theSecretary determines to be appropriate, including--the Officeof[Page H2765]</pre> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-06-06T14:03:10Z 118 1809 S 2023-06-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Identical bill CRS 2023-06-06 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2023-06-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-06-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001159 Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] Marilyn Strickland D WA 10 N A000370 Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] Alma Adams D NC S. 12 2023-06-06 True M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2023-06-06 True T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2023-06-06 True T000487 Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] Jill Tokuda D HI N. 2 2023-06-06 True C001130 Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] Jasmine Crockett D TX 30 2023-06-06 True D000617 Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] Suzan DelBene D WA K. 1 2023-06-06 True B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2023-06-16 False P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 2023-06-23 False H001081 Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] Jahana Hayes D CT 5 2023-06-23 False P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 9 2023-06-23 False A000148 Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4] Jake Auchincloss D MA 4 2023-07-17 False T000482 Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] Lori Trahan D MA 3 2023-08-11 False M001196 Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] Seth Moulton D MA 6 2023-08-11 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2023-06-28T14:45:17Z

00 2023-06-06 Introduced in House 2024-01-17T19:59:13Z <p><b>Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Office of Small Farms within the farm production and conservation mission area.</p> <p>The office must coordinate, review, and implement various programs and activities related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations. Under the bill, a <i>small </i>farm, ranch, or forest operation (1) is less than 180 acres or meets another USDA-determined, acreage-based definition of small; and (2) has an annual gross cash farm income of less than $350,000.</p> <p>Activities of the office related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations must include</p> <ul> <li>coordinating USDA efforts to improve support for these operators;</li> <li>reviewing and recommending changes to USDA statutory, regulatory, and administrative provisions, guidance, and policies that disadvantage these operators;</li> <li>providing or coordinating technical assistance for these operators for USDA grant, cost-share, and loan programs; and</li> <li>providing grants of not more than $25,000 to these operators directly or through cooperative agreements with other entities for areas including equipment and infrastructure repairs and upgrades, uninsured losses, business planning, and conservation practice adoption. </li> </ul>

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