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Jennifer Emerling / There Is More Work To Be Done
Jennifer Emerling / There Is More Work To Be Done
Comments Requested on the Next Farm Bill
Comments Requested on the Next Farm Bill
The House Agriculture Committee is accepting comments regarding the next Farm Bill through June 14. The 2008 Farm Bill does not expire until 2012, but House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) has already held a series of hearings in Washington, D.C. and across the country over the past two months.
The Farm Bill is a massive piece of legislation that authorizes a broad range of programs critical to rural areas. These programs include housing, rural water/wastewater infrastructure, community facilities, broadband expansion, renewable energy, support for new farmers, and business development initiatives. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack testified at the first Farm Bill hearing and expressed the Administration’s commitment to focus on funding regional rural development initiatives in the next Farm Bill. Since then, the field hearings have been almost entirely focused on agriculture issues.
Written comments will be an official part of the Committee’s Farm Bill field hearing record and should be submitted using the House Agriculture Committee’s online feedback form at https://agriculture.house.gov/inside/feedbackform.html. Comments are due by June 14, 2010.
Posted: June 09, 2010