Farmers to Africa and the Caribbean Basin Act of 2001

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Bill Number

HR 1894

Introduced

May 17, 2001

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs.

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Topics

Africa (Sub-Saharan) Agribusiness Agricultural education Agricultural innovations Agricultural insurance Agricultural machinery Agricultural productivity Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade American agricultural assistance Black colleges Blacks Caribbean area Commerce Developing countries Economics and Public Finance Education Educational exchanges Exchange of persons programs Farmers Federal aid to higher education Finance and Financial Sector Food supply Foreign Trade and International Finance Higher education Hunger International Affairs Latin America Minorities Science, Technology, Communications

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Summary

Farmers to Africa and the Caribbean Basin Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Farmers for Africa and Caribbean Basin Program to provide grants for exchange programs with African-American and other American farmers and other agricultural specialists and (sub-Saharan) African, Caribbean Basin, and other developing-nation farmers.

Actions

May 24, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs.
May 24, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
May 17, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 17, 2001

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