Federal · Title 7 — Agriculture
7 U.S.C. § 6932a: Prohibition on closure or relocation of county offices for the Farm Service Agency
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Subject to paragraph (2), until the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may not close or relocate a county or field office of the Farm Service Agency. an office that is located not more than 20 miles from another office of the Farm Service Agency; or the relocation of an office within the same county in the course of routine leasing operations. are located less than 20 miles from another office of the Farm Service Agency; and have two or fewer permanent full-time employees. not later than 30 days after the Secretary proposes to close such office, the Secretary holds a public meeting regarding the proposed closure in the county in which such office is located; and after the public meeting referred to in subparagraph (A), but not less than 90 days before the date on which the Secretary approves the closure of such office, the Secretary notifies the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, each Senator representing the State in which the office proposed to be closed is located, and the member of the House of Representatives who represents the Congressional district in which the office proposed to be closed is located of the proposed closure of such office.
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