[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4139 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4139

   To authorize the use of the General Counsel of the Department of 
 Agriculture and other attorneys in collecting claims and obligations 
     under the farm loan programs carried out by the Farmers Home 
                            Administration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 1994

Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Combest, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. 
Rose, Mr. Penny, Ms. Long, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Sarpalius, Mr. 
 Minge, Mr. Holden, and Mr.  Glickman) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the use of the General Counsel of the Department of 
 Agriculture and other attorneys in collecting claims and obligations 
     under the farm loan programs carried out by the Farmers Home 
                            Administration.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Farmers Home Administration 
Improvement Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. DELINQUENT FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION OBLIGATIONS.

    Section 331 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1981) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(c) The Secretary may use for the prosecution or defense of any 
claim or obligation described in subsection (b)(5) the Attorney 
General, the General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, or a 
private attorney who has entered into a contract with the Secretary.''.

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