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House Bill 1779
117th Congress(2021-2022)
MORE USDA Grants Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Mar 10, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 10, 2021
Latest Action
May 13, 2021
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1779
Congress
117
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Chris Stewart
Utah
Republican
Paul Gosar
Arizona
Republican
Matthew Rosendale
Montana
Republican
Yvette Herrell
New Mexico
Republican
Burgess Owens
Utah
Republican
Dan Newhouse
Washington
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

More Opportunities for Rural Economies from USDA Grants Act or the MORE USDA Grants Act

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 and 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.

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.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
March 10, 2021
Related Bills (1)
Mar 09, 2021
Introduced in Senate
4
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 647
MORE USDA Grants Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (4)
05/13/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
03/11/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
03/10/2021
Referred 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.
03/10/2021
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:48:20 PM
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