[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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H.R. 2692--A bill to combine the Consolidated Farm Service Agency and
the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the Department of
Agriculture as a single agency under an Under Secretary of
Agriculture for Foreign Agriculture and Agricultural Field
Services and to ensure the equitable treatment of socially
disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and employees of the Department
who are members of a socially disadvantaged group; to the
Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. SMITH of Oregon, H9038 [22OC]