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Labor & & Government A Affairs
Gail Greenman Director of National Affairs Oregon Farm Bureau May 2020
Small Business Administration & Agriculture
- New to agriculture
- Future CARES packages
- PPP and EIDL
- No double dipping
Labor & & Government A Affairs Gail Greenman Director of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Labor & & Government A Affairs Gail Greenman Director of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Labor & & Government A Affairs Gail Greenman Director of National Affairs Oregon Farm Bureau May 2020 Small Business Administration & Agriculture New to agriculture Future CARES packages PPP and EIDL No double
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Payment Protection Program
- Round 1 - $349 billion
- Round 2 - $310 billion
- Reserve set aside
- Lending institutions
- Future CARES Packages
- H2A asks
- Satisfies the “principal place of residence
test”
- Worker housing considered eligible
expense
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Emergency Industry Disaster Loan
- CARES 3.5
- fixed ag eligibility
- Must have 500 or fewer employees
- Loan and grant availability
- $10k emergency grants
- $2 million low interest loan
- Overview
- https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files
/resource_files/how_to_disaster_app_ March_2020.pdf
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H2A Guest Worker Program
- OSHA Rule Implications
- Housing
- Resources
- USDA Farmer Resource Page
- H2A
- Immigration
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Livestock
- Executive Order
- PRIME Act
- Intrastate Commerce
- NRCS
- EQIP
- Disposal Assistance
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CFAP
$19 billion Direct Support $16 billion USDA Purchases and Distribution $3 billion
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America’s Water Infrastructure Act
- S. 35931 / WRDA
- EPW mark up
- 2-year authorization
- Willamette Reallocation
- Senate language
- Next steps
- Senate floor vote
- House WRDA package
- Litigation
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Budget and Appropriations
- Fiscal Year 2020
- Rescissions?
- Fiscal Year 2021
- Congressional Budget season
- Congressional Appropriations
Season
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