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MORE USDA Grants Act

Introduced: March 9, 2021 Introduced by: Cortez Masto, Catherine Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 9, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

More Opportunities for Rural Economies from USDA Grants Act or the MORE USDA Grants Act

This bill revises the process for awarding grants under certain programs of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to high-density public land counties and any units of tribal and local governments within such counties. A high-density public land county is a county that has a population of not more than 100,000 people and in which more than 50% of the land is owned or managed by the federal government.

Any requirement for local matching funds under a qualifying grant program must be reduced by 50% with respect to such jurisdictions.

On request, USDA must provide additional technical assistance to such jurisdictions before and during the annual application period for each qualifying grant program.

USDA must also prioritize grant applications from such jurisdictions that have not received support under the qualifying grant program during the 10-year period preceding the date of the application.

What's happening now March 9, 2021

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

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3