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HR 4861 118th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural education Employment and training programs Higher education Vocational and technical education

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize grants for eligible institutions to carry out agriculture workforce training programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 25, 2023 Introduced by: Finstad, Brad Republican · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Aug 28, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Jul 25, 2023
Introduced in House
Jul 25, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to establish a grant program within its Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program for eligible institutions to develop and carry out agriculture workforce training programs. Eligible institutions include U.S. land-grant universities, non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, junior or community colleges with agriculture programs, and area career and technical education schools with agriculture programs.

The grants must be used to develop and carry out programs to (1) promote the growth of the agriculture industry, (2) foster competitiveness within the industry, and (3) improve the training and retention of workers in the industry.

An agriculture workforce training program is a program developed by an eligible institution in collaboration with a targeted industry partner through which the industry partner provides training to enrolled students. This may include training through internships, apprenticeships, experience-based curricula, and educational programs and workshops. 

The program must be implemented by January 31, 2024. 

What's happening now August 28, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jul 25, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4861: To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize grants for eligible institutions to carry out agriculture workforce training programs, and for other purposes.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4861/
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"H.R. 4861: To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize grants for eligible institutions to carry out agriculture workforce training programs, and for other purposes.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4861/.
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H.R. 4861, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4861/.
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[H.R. 4861: To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize grants for eligible institutions to carry out agriculture workforce training programs, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4861/)
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