To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a disaster response training program to train certain Farm Service Agency employees to provide outreach and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers affected by a natural disaster, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8138.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SOTO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 72, April 26, 2024, Page H2635):
  Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a disaster response training program to train certain Farm Service Agency employees to provide outreach and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers affected by a natural disaster, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 26, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8138, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 4, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  4f6bc8f1ebe36dc8511430cf690516f654850584decd26e3f61407d67841cd46

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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