Strengthening Rural Cooperatives and Communities Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Reauthorizes and updates USDA rural cooperative development grants, adds new scoring and reporting features, and continues the program through 2029.
Who Benefits and How
Rural cooperative development centers and communities could gain continued USDA support, updated scoring preferences, and stronger interagency reporting.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USDA and the interagency working group would have to conduct additional analysis and recurring reporting on program activities and research outcomes.
Key Provisions
- Reauthorizes rural cooperative development grants through 2029.
- Updates definitions, scoring preferences, research-analysis requirements, and annual interagency reporting.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Reauthorizes and updates USDA rural cooperative development grants, adds new scoring and reporting features, and continues the program through 2029.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Reauthorizes and updates USDA rural cooperative development grants, adds new scoring and reporting features, and continues the program through 2029.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Rural cooperative development centers and communities receiving technical assistance support
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- USDA and interagency officials responsible for the added analysis and reporting
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Rural cooperative development centers and communities eligible for the reauthorized support
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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