S 4156
116th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Animal and plant health
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food industry and services
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Livestock
Meat
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
RELIEF for Producers Act of 2020
Introduced: July 2, 2020
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 2, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jul 2, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Responding to Epidemic Losses and Investing in the Economic Future for Producers Act of 2020 or the RELIEF for Producers Act of 2020
This bill establishes requirements and provides funding for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make payments to livestock and poultry producers to offset losses related to the intentional depopulation of livestock and poultry due to insufficient access to meat or poultry processing during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The bill also provides additional funding to USDA for animal disease prevention and management programs.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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