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HR 3969 109th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural insurance Agricultural subsidies Department of Agriculture Disaster relief Disasters Emergency Management Executive reorganization Federal employees Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Transfer of employees

To provide for the designation of a Department of Agriculture disaster liaison to assist State and local employees of the Department in coordination with other disaster agencies in responding to federally declared disasters.

Introduced: October 6, 2005 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 20, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Oct 6, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 6, 2005
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to deploy disaster liaisons to state and local Department of Agriculture Service Centers to coordinate Department assistance with other designated disaster agencies in a federally declared disaster area whenever Federal Emergency Management personnel are deployed in that area.

Defines "federally declared disaster area" for such purposes.

What's happening now October 20, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

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