Presidential Document2024-21445
National Farm Safety and Health Week, 2024
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September 18, 2024
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September 13, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 18, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21445]
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Proclamation 10810 of September 13, 2024
National Farm Safety and Health Week, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
America's farmers, farmworkers, and ranchers work
around the clock to nourish our Nation and power our
economy, allowing us to feed our communities and
compete in markets worldwide. They also steward lands
and provide meaningful jobs in our rural and Tribal
communities. During National Farm Safety and Health
Week, we recognize the incredible contributions of
everyone working on farms, and we recommit to improving
their safety and well-being.
Our Nation's farms are a source of prosperity, but
working on them can be exhausting and hazardous. The
agriculture sector is one of America's most dangerous
industries. Climate change and intensifying extreme
heat puts the lives of agricultural workers at risk and
decrease productivity and profits. Uncertainty in the
industry heightens stress and takes a toll on our
farmworkers' mental health. And unfortunately, many
rural communities lack accessible health care, as
nearly 200 rural hospitals have closed in the past 20
years.
I believe health care should be a right, not a
privilege. To that end, my Administration is investing
in rural health care services, training the next
generation of rural health care providers, and
expanding mental health resources in rural communities.
We established the Rural Emergency Hospital Designation
to make it easier for struggling hospitals to stay open
and help ensure that rural communities have access to
emergency services. With $500 million from my American
Rescue Plan and $65 billion from my Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law, we are making it easier for people
in rural areas to access health care, including
telehealth services and affordable mental health care.
We launched 988--the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline--so
that anyone dealing with a crisis can connect to
trained counselors by phone, text, or chat. We also
finalized a rule that strengthens mental health parity
by requiring health insurers to cover mental health
care just as they do physical health care. And we added
more than 140 Certified Community Behavioral Health
Clinics across the Nation, which provide mental health
and crisis services to anyone in need, regardless of
their ability to pay.
I have maintained my commitment to be the most pro-
labor and pro-worker President in history by making
sure our workers are safe and secure. Under my
leadership and the leadership of Vice President Kamala
Harris, the Department of Labor proposed the Nation's
first-ever Federal safety standard for excessive heat
in the workplace, which would require employers to
implement rest breaks, provide access to shade and
water, and develop a plan to respond to heat illness.
The Department of Labor also finalized a Farmworker
Protection Rule to strengthen protections for temporary
agricultural workers to ensure all farmworkers in the
United States are treated fairly and have safe work
environments.
My Administration is providing farms with the resources
they need to grow and thrive. Through the Farm Labor
Stabilization and Protection Pilot Program, the
Department of Agriculture awarded $50 million from my
American Rescue Plan to agricultural employers, many of
which were small and mid-
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sized farms, helping ensure they can hire and retain
the workers they need to be competitive while improving
labor standards for workers. We are working to extend
crop insurance coverage to give financial security to
farmers who practice double cropping. We have made $900
million available to boost fertilizer production for
farms, and I signed an Executive Order to increase
competition and make sure that family farms are on a
level playing field with corporate farms.
During National Farm Safety and Health Week, we honor
farmers, farmworkers, and ranchers for putting food on
our tables, powering our economy, and supporting our
communities. And we recommit to ensuring they have the
resources they need to continue this work and live
full, healthy lives.
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 15
through September 21, 2024, as National Farm Safety and
Health Week. I call upon the people of the United
States--including America's farmers; 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
thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.
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