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Seeding Rural Resilience Act

Introduced: October 15, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Oct 15, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Oct 15, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Seeding Rural Resilience Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a public service announcement campaign to address the mental health of farmers and ranchers, including television, radio, print, outdoor, and digital public service announcements.

Additionally, USDA must

  • establish a voluntary program to train employees of the Farm Service Agency, the Risk Management Agency, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service in the management of stress experienced by farmers and ranchers, including the detection of stress and suicide prevention; and
  • convene a task force of agricultural and rural stakeholders at the federal, state, and local levels to assess the causes of mental stress in farmers and ranchers and identify best practices for responding to such stress.
What's happening now October 15, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 4049 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
  • HR 4820 Identical bill Seeding Rural Resilience Act
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 3 Republican 5
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jan 6, 2020
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jan 6, 2020
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Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Dec 16, 2019
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Dec 5, 2019
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Nov 14, 2019
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Oct 29, 2019
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Oct 28, 2019
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Oct 15, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2599: Seeding Rural Resilience Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2599/
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"S. 2599: Seeding Rural Resilience Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2599/.
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S. 2599, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2599/.
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