§ 5177a. Emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers
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(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 title 26, 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)“Low-income migrant or seasonal farmworker” defined 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.
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XXII, § 2281, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3978; Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10102, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 488.)
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- Public Law 102–368Making supplemental appropriations, transfers, and rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and for other purposes
- Public Law 108–324Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes
- Public Law 110–234To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes
- Public Law 110–246To provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes
- Public Law 110–28Making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes
- Public Law 107–171To provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes
- Public Law 101–624To extend and revise agricultural price support and related programs, to provide for agricultural export, resource conservation, farm credit, and agricultural research and related programs, to ensure consumers an abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices, and for other purposes
- Public Law 106–31Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes
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- Sec. 201Emergency supplemental agriculture disaster appropriations
- Sec. 11Emergency supplemental agriculture disaster appropriations
- Sec. 201Emergency supplemental agriculture disaster appropriations
- Sec. 102Supplemental appropriations for drought relief
- Sec. 102Supplemental appropriations for drought relief
- Sec. 2Office of the Farm and Food System Workforce
- Sec. 2Emergency assistance for farm workers
- Sec. 2Emergency assistance for farmworkers
- Sec. 2Emergency assistance for farm workers
- Sec. 2Emergency assistance for farmworkers
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- Pub. L. 101–624, title XXII, § 2281
- 104 Stat. 3978
- Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10102
- 116 Stat. 488
- Pub. L. 107–171
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§ 5177a
Emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 101–624, title XXII, § 2281
Stat.104 Stat. 3978
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10102
Stat.116 Stat. 488
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107–171
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