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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 See on congress.gov
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Jul 2, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jul 2, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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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 July 2, 2020

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 5
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Young, Todd
Indiana · Jul 27, 2020
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Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Jul 23, 2020
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Jul 2, 2020
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jul 2, 2020
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Jul 2, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4156: RELIEF for Producers Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4156/
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"S. 4156: RELIEF for Producers Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4156/.
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