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HR 2043 98th Congress House

A bill to provide that the Department of Agriculture shall be known as the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Introduced: March 9, 1983 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Agriculture and FoodDepartment of AgricultureExecutive reorganizationNames
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.
Mar 9, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 9, 1983
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 17, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Federal law to rename the Department of Agriculture the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 9, 1983
TAUZIN, W.
· Mar 9, 1983
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2043: A bill to provide that the Department of Agriculture shall be known as the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-2043/
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"H.R. 2043: A bill to provide that the Department of Agriculture shall be known as the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-2043/.
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H.R. 2043, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-2043/.
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