Sec. 2281. EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS
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## SEC. 2281 EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS **[**[42 U.S.C. 5177a](/us/usc/t42/s5177a)**]** ###
(a)In General The Secretary of Agriculture may make grants to public agencies or private organizations with tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that have experience in providing emergency services to low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers where the Secretary determines that a local, State or national emergency or disaster has caused low-income migrant or seasonal farmworkers to lose income, to be unable to work, or to stay home or return home in anticipation of work shortages. Emergency services to be provided with assistance received under this section may include such types of assistance as the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be necessary and appropriate. ###
(b)Definition For the purposes of this section, the term “**low-income migrant or seasonal farmworker**” means an individual— ####
(1)who has, during any consecutive 12 month period within the preceding 24 month period, performed farm work for wages; ####
(2)who has received not less than one-half of such individual's total income, or been employed at least one-half of total work time in farm work; and ####
(3)whose annual family income within the 12 month period referred to in paragraph
(1)does not exceed the higher of the poverty level or 70 percent of the lower living standard income level. ###
(c)Authorization of Appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. * * * * * * * # TITLE XXIII RURAL DEVELOPMENT * * * * * * * ## Subtitle D Enhancing Human Resources ## CHAPTER 1 TELEMEDICINE AND DISTANCE LEARNING SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS11 11Section 1(b) of Public Law 102–551 (106 Stat. 4100) (as amended) provides as follows: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XXIII of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.), including the amendments made by this section [enacting section 2335A (rel. to special health care and distance learning program for qualified service areas) of this chapter and amending section 2335 of this chapter], shall be effective until September 30, 2018.
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Sec. 2281
EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102-551
Stat.106 Stat. 4100
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