[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5445 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5445

  To provide for the designation of the Guam and Western Pacific USDA 
     Rural Development office as the representative of USDA Rural 
Development in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
           American Samoa, and the Freely Associated States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2023

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the designation of the Guam and Western Pacific USDA 
     Rural Development office as the representative of USDA Rural 
Development in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
           American Samoa, and the Freely Associated States.

    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 ``Designating the Guam and Western 
Pacific USDA Rural Development Office Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF THE GUAM AND WESTERN PACIFIC USDA RURAL 
              DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

    Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Undersecretary for Rural Development 
shall designate the Guam and Western Pacific USDA Rural Development 
office to be the representative of USDA Rural Development in Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Federated States of 
Micronesia, and shall delegate to that office the same rights and 
responsibilities as are delegated to the USDA Rural Development office 
for any State.
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