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116th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
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Department of Agriculture
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Seeding Rural Resilience Act
Introduced: October 15, 2019
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Became law
Oct 15, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Oct 15, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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