HR 3974 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

To prohibit the closure or relocation of county or local Farm Service Agency offices pending the completion of the next omnibus agriculture law.

Introduced Oct 6, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Frank D. Lucas R-OK

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 20, 2005 Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 6, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from closing or relocating a county or local Farm Service Agency office before the later of: (1) October 1, 2007; or (2) the date of the enactment of an omnibus Act authorizing FY2008 funds for the Department of Agriculture.

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 6, 2005 to Nov 1, 2005, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NC	Bob Etheridge	Original	Oct 6, 2005
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	Oct 6, 2005
R-NC	Robin Hayes	Original	Oct 6, 2005
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa	Original	Oct 6, 2005
D-PA	Tim Holden	Original	Oct 6, 2005
R-TN	William L. Jenkins	Original	Oct 6, 2005
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Oct 7, 2005
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Oct 7, 2005
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Oct 7, 2005
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Oct 7, 2005
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Oct 7, 2005
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Oct 7, 2005
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Oct 7, 2005
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Oct 7, 2005
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Oct 7, 2005

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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 20, 2005Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Oct 6, 2005Introduced in House
Oct 6, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1877	A bill to prohibit the closure or relocation of certain county offices of the Farm Service Agency.	Related bill	Oct 17, 2005

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

Text 1

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Oct 6, 2005Introduced in House

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