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<dc:title>87 HR 7650 IH: McIntire-Stennis Act District of Columbia Equality Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-02-23</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 7650</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20260223">February 23, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="N000147">Ms. Norton</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HAG00">Committee on Agriculture</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/87/788">Public Law 87–788</external-xref> (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis
                                    Cooperative Forestry Act; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/582a-7">16 U.S.C. 582a–7</external-xref>) to provide for equal
                                    treatment of the District of Columbia with respect to funds made
                                    available under that Act.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HB7BC99D5899F47BD92FDEBE16D89BC1C" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H5E9D1EA8220C4EB8BADFFDAEC2FDA060" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>McIntire-Stennis Act District of Columbia Equality Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H8537CC981FE04311844B052F85158AF3"><enum>2.</enum><header>Inclusion of District of Columbia for purposes of funding under McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/87/788">Public Law 87–788</external-xref> (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/582a-7">16 U.S.C. 582a–7</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>the District of Columbia,</quote> after <quote>include</quote>.</text></section> 
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