Bringing Assistance for Rural Needs During Shutdowns Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6018 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6018

    To ensure that Farm Services Agency offices stay open during a 
                          government shutdown.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 2025

  Mr. Wied (for himself, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. 
Guest, Mr. Harrigan, and Mrs. McClain Delaney) introduced the following 
        bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
    To ensure that Farm Services Agency offices stay open during a 
                          government shutdown.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bringing Assistance for Rural Needs 
During Shutdowns Act''.

SEC. 2. FARM SERVICES AGENCY TO BE REGARDED AS PROVIDING ESSENTIAL 
              SERVICES DURING A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

    Any services by an officer or employee of the Farm Services Agency 
shall be deemed, for purposes of section 1342 of title 31, United 
States Code, services for emergencies involving the safety of human 
life or the protection of property.
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