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7 U.S.C. 5936: Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network

Created in 2008 by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-234). Changed by 2 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 5936a.

This Congress

  • H.R. 9877 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 · introduced · would change (b), (d)

How it got here

2018

  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7412(1), substituted "to eligible entities described in subsection (c)" for "to support cooperative programs between State cooperative extension services and nonprofit organizations". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7412(2)(B), (F), (G), substituted "be used—" for "be used", inserted par. (1) designation before "to initiate", redesignated former pars. (1) to (4) as subpars. (A) to (D), respectively, of par. (1), and added par. (2). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7412(2)(C), added subpar. (B) and struck out former subpar. (B) which read as follows: "community education;". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7412(2)(D), inserted "and" after semicolon at end. (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7412(2)(E), substituted "activities, including the dissemination of information and materials; or" for "activities; and". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7412(2)(A), struck out par. (5) which read as follows: "home delivery of assistance, in a case in which a farm resident is homebound." (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 115–334, §7412(3), added subsecs. (c) to (f) and struck out former subsecs. (c) and (d) which related to extension services and authorization of appropriations, respectively. (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (c), (d), (e), (f)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.