S 3075 Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.
Strengthening Rural Cooperatives and Communities Act
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reauthorize rural cooperative development grants.
Summary
The bill reauthorizes federal grant programs supporting rural cooperative development through fiscal year 2029. It defines "cooperative development" to include education, training, technical assistance, and outreach activities that help new and existing agricultural cooperatives start, expand, or sustain operations. The bill also requires the Agriculture Department to analyze research data on these programs and submit annual reports to Congress describing the activities of an interagency working group overseeing cooperative development efforts.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] (R-NE)
Actions (2)
- Oct 30, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- Oct 30, 2025 Introduced in Senate
Similar bills (6)
Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.
Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 30, 2025
Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
(B) by inserting before subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated) the following:
“(A) 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), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), in the second sentence, 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 (6)(B), by striking “If the Secretary determines it to be in the best interest of the program, the” and inserting “The”;
(4) in paragraph (10)—
(A) by striking “The Secretary” and inserting the following:
“(A) In general.—The Secretary”; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
“(B) Analysis.—The Secretary shall—
“(i) analyze the data resulting from the research conducted under subparagraph (A); and
“(ii) include the data and the analysis described in clause (i) in the annual report submitted by the interagency working group under paragraph (12).”;
(5) in paragraph (12)—
(A) by striking “Not later” and inserting the following:
“(A) In general.—Not later”; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
“(B) Annual reports.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, and annually thereafter, the interagency working group described in subparagraph (A) shall submit to Congress a report describing the activities carried out by the interagency working group.”; and
(6) in paragraph (13), by striking “2014 through 2023” and inserting “2025 through 2029”. <all>
Comments