Designating the Guam and Western Pacific USDA Rural Development Office Act

Bill: 118-hr-5445
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-09-13
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: American Samoa

Department of Agriculture

Executive agency funding and structure

Guam

Marshall Islands

Micronesia

Northern Mariana Islands

Palau

Rural conditions and development

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5445 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 13, 2023 Mr. Moylan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To provide for the designation of the Guam and Western Pacific USDA Rural Development office as the representative of USDA Rural Development in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the Freely Associated States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Designating the Guam and Western Pacific USDA Rural Development Office Act . 2. Designation of the Guam and Western Pacific USDA Rural Development Office Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Undersecretary for Rural Development shall designate the Guam and Western Pacific USDA Rural Development office to be the representative of USDA Rural Development in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia, and shall delegate to that office the same rights and responsibilities as are delegated to the USDA Rural Development office for any State.