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118th Congress Agriculture and Food

S. 1580: MORE USDA Grants Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)May 11, 2023
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, May 11, 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.

Roll calls

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

3

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History

  1. May 11, 2023Introduced in the Senate by Catherine Cortez Masto.
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  1. May 11, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. May 11, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.