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The Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act (FLCRA) — P.L. 88-582 (September 7, 1964, as amended) — regulated the activities of farm labor contractors, that is, agents who recruit and are otherwise engaged in the transport, housing, and employment of migratory agricultural workers.
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is the United States Department of Agriculture agency that was formed by merging the farm loan portfolio and staff of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS). The Farm Service Agency implements agricultural policy, administers credit and loan ...
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme was established in 1996, replacing the Tertiary Education Fund of South Africa (TEFSA) in 1999. [8] The TEFSA program was a non-profit company which managed and administered NSFAS since its establishment until 2000.
Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021 H.R. 1537: March 3, 2021 Zoe Lofgren(D-CA) 3 Referred to Committees on Judiciary, Ways and Means, Education and Labor and Financial Services: H.R. 1603: March 8, 2021 Zoe Lofgren(D-CA) 61 Passed in the House (247-174). [5] [6] 118th Congress: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2023 H.R. 4319: June 23, 2023
The Farm Credit System (FCS) in the United States is a nationwide network of borrower-owned lending institutions and specialized service organizations. The Farm Credit System provides more than $373 billion (as of 2022) [1] in loans, leases, and related services to farmers, ranchers, rural homeowners, aquatic producers, timber harvesters, agribusinesses, and agricultural and rural utility ...
Farmers' varieties are eligible for registration and farmers are totally exempted from payment of any fee in any proceedings under this Act. The period of protection for field crops is 15 years and for trees and vines is 18 years and for notified varieties it is 15 years from the date of notification under section 5 of Seeds Act, 1966.
The intent of the National Food Security Bill is spelled out in the Lok Sabha committee report, The National Food Security Bill, 2011, Twenty Seventh Report, which states, "Food security means availability of sufficient foodgrains to meet the domestic demand as well as access, at the individual level, to adequate quantities of food at affordable prices."
October 2: Rep. Larry Combest (R-TX), farm bill sponsor, threatens to pull the bill if it is amended. October 3: Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA), proposes shifting $650 million to ethanol, amendment fails. October 4: Kind amendment falls 26 votes short, fails. October 5: 10 year, $73 billion farm bill increase passes in the House of Representatives.