[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4163 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4163

  To provide for a greater number of members on certain combined Farm 
                   Service Agency county committees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2004

Mr. Shuster (for himself and Mr. Holden) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for a greater number of members on certain combined Farm 
                   Service Agency county committees.

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

SECTION 1. INCREASED MEMBERSHIP OF CERTAIN COMBINED FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
              COUNTY COMMITTEES.

    Section 8(b)(5)(B) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment 
Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)(5)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                            ``(vi) Membership of combined farm service 
                        agency county committees.--Notwithstanding the 
                        numerical limitations of clause (ii), a county 
                        committee that results from the combination or 
                        consolidation of county, area, or local 
                        committees representing 3 or more counties 
                        shall consist of not fewer than 3 nor more than 
                        the applicable number of members who meet the 
                        requirements of clause (ii). For purposes of 
                        the preceding sentence, the applicable number 
                        is the sum of 1 and twice the number of 
                        counties represented by the members of the 
                        committee.''.
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