The Farm Act has many components, including such things as Meals on Wheels and SNAP (food stamps).
Adult Life Training, Inc. has an interest because we serve as an (unpaid) Host Agency to train non-working seniors so that they get and stay employed in a real job paying a living wage without taxpayer financial support. We have provided this training as a free community service since 2003.
If your agency has funding in the Farm Act you might want to provide input to your representative’s office at this time. A big part of what is being discussed is removing unneeded or wasteful things from the Act.
If your agency uses funding from the Farm Act you may wish to provide data on how your funding is valuable to the taxpayers. These are two of the bills that I found on Congress.gov. To find your Representative you can browse to house.gov and type your zip code in the box at the top right. To find your Senator you can browse to senate.gov and click Senators / Contact (use the drop down combo-list boxes across the top of the page to select your State or Senator.
H.R.4904 – Lessening Regulatory Burdens on our Farmers Act of 2018
To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural commodity programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: House – 02/08/2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
S.2749 – Agriculture Risk Coverage Improvement and Innovation Act of 2018
To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural commodity
programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and
for other purposes.
Latest Action: Senate – 04/25/2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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