Agricultural Fairs Rescue Act
Latest action · Sep 27, 2021 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 93.
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.
- IntroducedApr 8, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Agricultural Fairs Rescue Act
This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to award grants to states or state departments of agriculture to provide support to agricultural fairs for losses sustained by such fairs due to COVID-19.
As a condition of receiving a grant, recipients shall agree to (1) prioritize supporting agricultural fairs in the state facing the greatest financial hardship, and (2) use not more than 5% of grant funds for administrative costs incurred in providing support to agricultural fairs.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 8, 2021 to Sep 23, 2021; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Billy Long | Original | Apr 8, 2021 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | Apr 8, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Original | Apr 8, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | May 25, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jun 16, 2021 | |
| R-TN | John W. Rose | Jun 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jul 19, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Jul 20, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Jul 21, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Aug 3, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Chris Jacobs | Aug 3, 2021 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Aug 3, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Aug 3, 2021 | |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Aug 3, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Aug 13, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Aug 13, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Jerry L. Carl | Aug 13, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Sep 14, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Sep 23, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Apr 8, 2021Markup Sep 21, 2021Reported Sep 28, 2021 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2021Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 117-129.
- Sep 27, 2021Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 93.
- Sep 21, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 21, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 8, 2021Introduced in House
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 61, April 8, 2021, page H1721.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which the Secretary awards grants to States or State departments of agriculture for the purposes of providing support to agricultural fairs for losses sustained due to COVID-19.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Agricultural Fairs Rescue Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Agricultural Fairs Rescue Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Agricultural research
- Agriculture and Food
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Horticulture and plants
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- State and local government operations
- Tax-exempt organizations
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2021Reported in House
- Apr 8, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
