House Bill 5764
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Growing Value-Added Economies Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 10, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
5764
Congress
115
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.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Growing Value-Added Economies Act
This bill amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to reauthorize and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Value-Added Producer Grants Program. (The program provides grants for the development and marketing of value-added agricultural products, which are products that have increased in value due to processing.)
The bill modifies the program to require USDA to:
- establish independent external review panels to review and evaluate each eligible application based on merit and relevance,
- develop and implement an outreach and technical assistance strategy, and
- provide for periodic evaluations that measure the impact of the program and the impact of projects on achieving the purposes of the program.
The bill also: (1) provides mandatory funding for the program; and (2) prohibits more than 5% of the total annual funding for the program from being used for administrative expenses, program evaluation, outreach, and technical assistance.
May 10, 2018
06/22/2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
05/10/2018
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
05/10/2018
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:39:33 PM