[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3478 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3478

 To prohibit the closure or relocation of the field office of the Farm 
                Service Agency in Clark County, Indiana.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 5, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the closure or relocation of the field office of the Farm 
                Service Agency in Clark County, Indiana.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON CLOSURE OR RELOCATION OF FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
              FIELD OFFICE IN CLARK COUNTY, INDIANA.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Clark County, Indiana, contains 638 separate farms, 
        which together generate annual farm income of approximately 
        $32,000,000.
            (2) These 638 farms encompass 72,000 acres of cropland, 
        20,000 acres of pastureland, and 17,000 acres of woodland.
            (3) If the field office of the Farm Service Agency in Clark 
        County is closed, as proposed by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
        some Clark County farmers would have to travel more than an 
        hour to the nearest FSA office, expending time and fuel on 
        unnecessary travel.
            (4) Clark County farmers have fewer options to travel to 
        other FSA offices because the Ohio River forms one of the 
        borders of the County.
    (b) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Agriculture may not close or 
relocate the field office of the Farm Service Agency in Clark County, 
Indiana, until at least two years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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