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FARM SAFE Act

Official title: To provide for the continuation of agricultural disaster assistance programs in the event of a Government shutdown.

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What This Bill Does

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to continue activities related to agricultural disaster assistance programs during a lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown).

Specifically, the bill provides that any USDA employee necessary to carry out an agricultural disaster assistance program (1) must be treated as an excepted employee who is required to perform work during a lapse in appropriations, and (2) may not be removed under a reduction in force.

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Timeline

  1. House committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
  2. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  3. House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  4. Introduced
  5. Committee

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