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Strengthening Rural Cooperatives and Communities Act
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reauthorize rural cooperative development grants.
Summary
This bill reauthorizes rural cooperative development grants under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act through fiscal year 2029. The bill defines "cooperative development" to include outreach, education, training, and technical assistance for starting, expanding, or sustaining cooperatives. Grant-scoring criteria must award maximum points to applicants serving socially vulnerable, underserved, or distressed communities, and grantees must commit to providing technical assistance to such communities. The bill requires an interagency working group to analyze research data and submit annual reports to Congress beginning within 180 days of enactment, with data and analysis included in each report. The reauthorization extends funding eligibility from the previous period ending in 2023 through fiscal year 2029.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY)
2 cosponsors
Actions (3)
- Mar 28, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. · house
- Mar 6, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Mar 6, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 6, 2025
Mr. Riley of New York (for himself and Mr. Valadao) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reauthorize rural cooperative development grants.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Strengthening Rural Cooperatives and Communities Act”.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
Section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(e)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:
“(C) Cooperative development.—The term ‘cooperative development’ means activities including outreach, education, training, and technical assistance, to support the startup, expansion, or ongoing sustainability of new and existing cooperatives.”;
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting “, and award maximum points in scoring criteria to applicants that satisfy the requirements of paragraph (5)(F),” before “if the plan”;
(3) in paragraph (5), by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:
“(D) commit to providing technical assistance and other services to socially vulnerable, underserved, or distressed communities;”;
(4) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking “If the Secretary determines it to be in the best interest of the program, the” and inserting “The”;
(5) in paragraph (10), by adding at the end the following: “The Secretary shall analyze the data resulting from the research, and include the data and the analysis in the annual report submitted by the interagency working group under paragraph (12).”;
(6) in paragraph (12), by adding at the end the following: “Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this sentence and annually thereafter, the interagency working group shall submit to the Congress a report describing the activities carried out by the working group.”; and
(7) in paragraph (13), by striking “2014 through 2023” and inserting “2025 through 2029”. <all>
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