Rural Development Modernization Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Rural Development Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses. The main policy domain is Agriculture, Government Operations, Energy.
Who Benefits and How
farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HBECB40248ABA44F480882258FC695683: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Rural Development Modernization Act.
- Section H293D1BCDD0F641B3ACA7601C7C3C6F4F: 2. Harmonization of the population threshold for rural communities under Department of Agriculture programs Section 601(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Rural...
- Section HF829A06605CA45C5A9A9ED53052FC7A0: 3. Harmonization of the population threshold for rural communities under Department of Energy program Section 609(a)(5) of the Public Utility Regulatory...
- Section H09D4A5540AB94E4E8361D42261362EFD: 4. Harmonization of the population threshold for rural water supply projects The Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) is...
- Section HBBABBE967A024E3D8CF5D5CD33BFFAA5: 5. Clarifications regarding United States territories and freely associated states Section 601(c)(3)(D)(ii) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C....
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Rural Development Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Government Operations, Energy
Primary Purpose
This bill, Rural Development Modernization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to …
Introduced in House
Mr. Costa (for himself, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Riley of New …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
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