110 HR 3478 IH: To prohibit the closure or relocation of the field office U.S. House of Representatives 2007-09-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3478 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 5, 2007 Mr. Hill introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To prohibit the closure or relocation of the field office of the Farm Service Agency in Clark County, Indiana.

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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.