Presidential Document2022-20580
National Farm Safety and Health Week, 2022
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September 21, 2022
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September 16, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 57565-57566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20580]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 182 / Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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Proclamation 10450 of September 16, 2022
National Farm Safety and Health Week, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
America's farmers, farmworkers, and ranchers serve one
of our most vital needs--they feed our Nation and
sustain our communities. They steward our lands so they
have the power to provide for us, generation after
generation. They offer meaningful jobs to millions of
people, rooted in the rewards of hard work and the
beauty of nature. They help fuel our economy and enable
our country to compete in markets around the globe.
During National Farm Safety and Health Week, we commit
to improving the safety and well-being of everyone
working on our farms.
For all they provide for our Nation, we know the many
barriers farmers, farmworkers, and ranchers face.
Extreme weather--made more frequent and ferocious by
the climate crisis--can jeopardize or destroy a
season's harvest, representing months, or even years,
of investment and commitment. Fluctuating commodity
prices and input costs can tighten profit margins and
usher in tough, lean years. Accidents and injuries can
cut precious lives short, dramatically threaten the
livelihoods of survivors and their families, and rob
businesses of the workers they rely upon.
My Administration is supporting the implementation of
robust health and safety standards on farms and
ranches. With up to $65 million from the American
Rescue Plan, the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) is helping to minimize the risks of
injuries on farms, on ranches, and in processing
plants. The USDA is also investing $100 million into
partnerships with labor unions and other workforce
development experts to better train agricultural
employees. For the first time, the Department of
Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration
has launched a program to conduct heat-related indoor
and outdoor workplace inspections in the face of yet
another season of extreme and deadly heat.
My Administration is making health insurance more
affordable and health care more accessible, which is
especially important for farmers, ranchers, and
farmworkers who suffer injuries. My Administration's
Inflation Reduction Act and American Rescue Plan
lowered annual premiums for families across the
country. My Administration made a historic $1.5 billion
investment in health workforce loan repayment and
scholarship programs to incentivize primary care
clinicians and other health care providers to work in
underserved areas, including rural and Tribal
communities. We are providing Federal field employees
with training on the best uses of mental health
resources and communication strategies while scaling
our investment in programs that provide professional
behavioral health counseling and other services to
agricultural workers. We are also calling for programs
that will reduce loan repayments for mental health and
substance use disorder clinicians committed to
practicing in rural and other underserved communities.
Supporting the well-being of our farmers, farmworkers,
and ranchers means protecting their financial health as
well. Last year, I signed into law the Extending
Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance
Act, which includes $10 billion in assistance to
agricultural producers impacted by wildfires, droughts,
hurricanes, and winter storms. My Administration also
announced $700 million in available grant funding for
State agencies,
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Tribal entities, and non-profit organizations to
provide financial relief for farmworkers and
meatpacking workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are devoted to ensuring that agricultural workers
can do their jobs free from harm and that they can
recover from accidents and injuries with dignity and
financial security.
This week, we redouble our efforts to protect the
health and safety of farmers, farmworkers, and
ranchers, and we celebrate the immense contributions
they have made and continue to make to our Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 18
through September 24, 2022, as National Farm Safety and
Health Week. I call upon the people of the United
States, including America's farmers and ranchers and
agriculture-related institutions, organizations, and
businesses, to reaffirm a dedication to farm safety and
health. I also urge all Americans to express
appreciation and gratitude to our farmers, farmworkers,
and ranchers for their tireless service to our Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
seventh.
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