H.R. 3969 · 109th Congress
To provide for the designation of a Department of Agriculture disaster liaison to assist State and local employees of the Department in coordination with other disaster agencies in responding to federally declared disasters.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Roy Blunt
- Introduced
- 2005-10-06
- Latest action
- 2005-10-20 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Summary
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to deploy disaster liaisons to state and local Department of Agriculture Service Centers to coordinate Department assistance with other designated disaster agencies in a federally declared disaster area whenever Federal Emergency Management personnel are deployed in that area.
Defines "federally declared disaster area" for such purposes.