1994 US Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 68 - DISASTER RELIEF
SUBCHAPTER IV - MAJOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Sec. 5177a - Emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 68 - DISASTER RELIEF SUBCHAPTER IV - MAJOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Sec. 5177a - Emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers |
Contains | section 5177a |
Date | 1994 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 4, 1995 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 101-624, title XXII, §2281, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3978. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 104 Stat. 3978 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 101-624 |
§5177a. Emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers (a) In general
The Secretary of Agriculture may make grants, not to exceed ,000,000 annually, 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” definedFor 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 appropriationsThere 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.)
CodificationSection was enacted as part of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, and not as part of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act which is classified principally to this chapter.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in title 19 section 3391.
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