2012 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 50 - AGRICULTURAL CREDIT (§§ 1921 - 2009ee-3)
Subchapter IV - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 1981 - 2008u)
Section 2008q-1 - Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training of agricultural labor force
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 50 - AGRICULTURAL CREDIT SUBCHAPTER IV - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Sec. 2008q-1 - Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training of agricultural labor force |
| Contains | section 2008q-1 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 110-234, title XIV, §14204, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1459; Pub. L. 110-246, §4(a), title XIV, §14204, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2221. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 122 Stat. 1459, 1664 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 110-234, Public Law 110-246 |
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In this section, the term “eligible entity” means an entity described in section 2008q(a) of this title.
(b) Grants (1) In generalTo assist agricultural employers and farmworkers by improving the supply, stability, safety, and training of the agricultural labor force, the Secretary may provide grants to eligible entities for use in providing services to assist farmworkers who are citizens or otherwise legally present in the United States in securing, retaining, upgrading, or returning from agricultural jobs.
(2) Eligible servicesThe services referred to in paragraph (1) include—
(A) agricultural labor skills development;
(B) the provision of agricultural labor market information;
(C) transportation;
(D) short-term housing while in transit to an agricultural worksite;
(E) workplace literacy and assistance with English as a second language;
(F) health and safety instruction, including ways of safeguarding the food supply of the United States; and
(G) such other services as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(c) Limitation on administrative expensesNot more than 15 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year may be used to pay for administrative expenses.
(d) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
(Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, §14204, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1459; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title XIV, §14204, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2221.)
CodificationPub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.
Section was enacted as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and not as part of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act which comprises this chapter.
Effective DateEnactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.
Definition of “Secretary”“Secretary” as meaning the Secretary of Agriculture, see section 8701 of this title.
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