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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
To ensure that Farm Services Agency offices stay open during a government shutdown.
Mr. Wied (for himself, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Guest, Mr. Harrigan, and Mrs. McClain Delaney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
To ensure that Farm Services Agency offices stay open during a government shutdown.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Bringing Assistance for Rural Needs During Shutdowns Act”.
SEC. 2. Farm Services Agency to be regarded as providing essential services during a government shutdown.
Any services by an officer or employee of the Farm Services Agency shall be deemed, for purposes of section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, services for emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property.