To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make cost-share grants for retrofitting agricultural tractors with rollover protection structures, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This tractor safety bill creates a USDA cost-share grant program for rollover protection structures. Eligible recipients are agricultural producers and schools with agricultural instruction or training programs, including vocational schools, higher education institutions, and secondary schools. Approved equipment is an agricultural tractor that the program administrator determines can receive an approved rollover protection structure meeting SAE J2194, SAE J1194, or comparable standards and including a seatbelt. Grants generally equal 70 percent of purchase, transport, and installation costs, with authority for USDA to increase the percentage when documented costs exceed $500. USDA must select a nongovernmental program administrator through competitive bids, enter a cooperative agreement, and use that administrator to identify eligible structures and equipment, run the application process, and operate a public website and telephone hotline. The bill authorizes $725,000 annually from fiscal years 2027 through 2031, with $500,000 for grants, $125,000 for website promotion and upgrades, and $100,000 for the hotline.
Who Benefits and How
Agricultural producers benefit from federal cost-sharing that lowers the price of installing rollover protection structures on older or eligible tractors. Vocational schools, agricultural colleges, and secondary-school agriculture programs benefit because they can receive grants for training equipment. Tractor safety equipment suppliers and installers benefit from grant-supported demand for approved structures and seatbelts. Farmworkers and students benefit if more tractors used in work or training are retrofitted against rollover injuries.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USDA grant staff must run a competitive selection, oversee a cooperative agreement, disburse grants, and monitor the annual authorization. The program administrator must determine eligible equipment, process applications, document costs, maintain a website, and operate a hotline. Applicants must submit cost documentation and wait for eligibility determinations. Federal taxpayers fund the $725,000 annual authorization.
Key Provisions
- Establishes USDA cost-share grants for approved tractor rollover protection structures.
- Provides grants to agricultural producers and schools with agricultural instruction or training.
- Requires grants to cover 70 percent of purchase, transport, and installation costs, with higher shares possible above $500.
- Directs USDA to select a nongovernmental program administrator through competitive bids.
- Authorizes $725,000 per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 for grants, website work, and a hotline.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires USDA to make cost-share grants covering at least 70 percent of purchasing, transporting, and installing approved rollover protection structures on eligible agricultural tractors, using a competitively selected nongovernmental program administrator, a public website, a phone hotline, and $725,000 per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Education, Manufacturing
Primary Purpose
Requires USDA to make cost-share grants covering at least 70 percent of purchasing, transporting, and installing approved rollover protection structures on eligible agricultural tractors, using a competitively selected nongovernmental program administrator, a public website, a phone hotline, and $725,000 per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Agricultural producers
- Vocational agriculture schools
- Agricultural colleges
- Secondary school agriculture programs
- Farmworkers
- Tractor safety equipment suppliers
Identified Costs
- USDA grant staff
- Program administrator staff
- Grant applicants
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Feenstra (for himself, Mr. Riley of New York, Mr. …
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Agricultural colleges, Vocational agriculture schools
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