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118th Congress Agriculture and Food

H.R. 3595: MORE USDA Grants Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)May 22, 2023
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Summary

Introduced in House, May 22, 2023

This bill revises the process for awarding grants under certain programs of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to high-density public land counties and any units of tribal or local governments within such counties. A high-density public land county is a county that has a population of not more than 100,000 people and in which more than 50% of the land is owned or managed by the federal government.

Any requirement for local matching funds under a qualifying grant program must be reduced by 50% with respect to such jurisdictions.

On request, USDA must provide additional technical assistance to such jurisdictions before and during the annual application period for each qualifying grant program.

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USDA must also prioritize grant applications from such jurisdictions that have not received support under the qualifying grant program during the 10-year period preceding the date of the application.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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History

  1. May 22, 2023Introduced in the House by Chris Stewart.
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  1. Jun 23, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
  2. May 26, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
  3. May 22, 2023Introduced in House
  4. May 22, 2023Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.