[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2209 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2209

  To require the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare an annual report 
specifying the number of permanent and temporary non-Federal employees 
  for local offices of the Farm Service Agency that will be needed to 
efficiently and effectively handle the workload generated by recurring 
 and anticipated agriculture programs administered by the Farm Service 
Agency and the funding levels necessary to support such workforce, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2005

 Mr. McIntyre introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare an annual report 
specifying the number of permanent and temporary non-Federal employees 
  for local offices of the Farm Service Agency that will be needed to 
efficiently and effectively handle the workload generated by recurring 
 and anticipated agriculture programs administered by the Farm Service 
Agency and the funding levels necessary to support such workforce, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ANNUAL FARM SERVICE AGENCY NON-FEDERAL EMPLOYEE WORKFORCE 
              REPORTS.

    (a) Report Required.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare an 
annual report specifying, for the fiscal year covered by the report--
            (1) the number of permanent and temporary non-Federal 
        employees for local offices of the Farm Service Agency that the 
        Secretary estimates will be needed to efficiently and 
        effectively handle the workload generated by agriculture 
        programs administered by the Farm Service Agency, including 
        recurring programs, temporary programs, such as emergency 
        disaster relief and other programs of limited duration, and 
        anticipated new programs; and
            (2) the level of appropriation funding for salaries and 
        expenses that the Secretary estimates will be necessary to 
        support such workforce, including the formula by which the 
        Secretary makes such estimate.
    (b) Limitation on Number of Temporary Non-Federal Employees.--The 
total number of temporary non-Federal employees proposed for local 
offices of the Farm Service Agency for a fiscal year may not exceed 10 
percent of the total number of all non-Federal employees proposed for 
local offices of the Farm Service Agency for that fiscal year.
    (c) Submission of Report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress 
the report required for a fiscal year under subsection (a) at the same 
time that the President submits the budget to Congress under section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, for that fiscal year.
    (d) Non-Federal Employees Defined.--In this section, the term 
``non-Federal employees'' means employees of county and area committees 
established under section 8(b)(5) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)(5)) who are paid from funds 
appropriated for the Farm Service Agency.
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