Growing Value-Added Economies Act
Latest action · Jun 22, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 10, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Growing Value-Added Economies Act
This bill amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to reauthorize and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Value-Added Producer Grants Program. (The program provides grants for the development and marketing of value-added agricultural products, which are products that have increased in value due to processing.)
The bill modifies the program to require USDA to:
- establish independent external review panels to review and evaluate each eligible application based on merit and relevance,
- develop and implement an outreach and technical assistance strategy, and
- provide for periodic evaluations that measure the impact of the program and the impact of projects on achieving the purposes of the program.
The bill also: (1) provides mandatory funding for the program; and (2) prohibits more than 5% of the total annual funding for the program from being used for administrative expenses, program evaluation, outreach, and technical assistance.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 10, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | May 10, 2018 |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Original | May 10, 2018 |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Original | May 10, 2018 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | May 10, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
- May 10, 2018Introduced in House
- May 10, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 10, 2018Introduced in House
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