Office of Colonias and Farmworker Initiatives Establishment Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6183 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6183 To establish an Office of Colonias and Farmworker Initiatives within the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 2, 2023 Mr. Cuellar (for himself, Ms. Escobar, and Ms. Crockett) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish an Office of Colonias and Farmworker Initiatives within the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Office of Colonias and Farmworker Initiatives Establishment Act of 2023''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF COLONIAS AND FARMWORKER INITIATIVES. (a) In General.--Title III of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended by adding after section 309 (7 U.S.C. 6921) the following: ``SEC. 310. OFFICE OF COLONIAS AND FARMWORKER INITIATIVES. ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and maintain in the Department an Office of Colonias and Farmworker Initiatives (referred to in this subsection as the `Office') to-- ``(1) improve engagement with, and service to, border colonias communities, farmworkers, and the family members and children of farmworkers; ``(2) improve collaboration between the Department and National, State, and local colonias and farmworker programs and nonprofit organizations; and ``(3) carry out other such functions as the Secretary determines appropriate. ``(b) Duties.--The Office shall ensure that border colonias communities, farmworkers, the family members and children of farmworkers,