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H.R. 178 116th Congress House

Appalachia Opportunity Grants Act of 2019

Official title: To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to benefit the Appalachia region, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 3, 2019 Introduced by: H. Morgan Griffith Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Feb 8, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Jan 3, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Jan 3, 2019
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 Latest action February 8, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Appalachia Opportunity Grants Act of 2019

This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to award grants for units of local government in the Appalachian region of the eastern United States to convene groups of public and private entities to collaborate in carrying out regional projects to accomplish positive economic and community impacts in the region.

A regional project carried out by a collaborative group must (1) involve at least two municipalities that share a border; and (2) complete a specific activity that has a goal of job creation, expansion of the capacity of post-secondary education, growth of tourism, improving public health, or upgrading regional infrastructure.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 178: Appalachia Opportunity Grants Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-178/
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