Rural Economic-development Assistance and Consultation to Help Our Tribes Act
Latest action · Aug 2, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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.
- IntroducedAug 1, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rural Economic-development Assistance and Consultation to Help Our Tribes Act or the REACH Our Tribes Act
This bill requires certain actions, particularly by the Department of Agriculture (USDA), for tribal consultation, data reporting, and interagency collaboration for economic development.
Specifically, the bill requires USDA to establish a formal process for consultation with tribal governments on (1) annual budget requests; and (2) bills proposing the reauthorization of certain USDA programs over a period of multiple years with budgetary impacts, including bills providing for the reauthorization of USDA programs (commonly known as farm bills). USDA must report to Congress on this consultation process.
Additionally, the bill requires USDA to establish a plan for analyzing and publicly reporting to tribal entities on funding provided through USDA programs for which tribal entities are eligible to apply.
The bill also requires USDA, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Economic Development Administration, to establish an interagency task force on economic development programs. This task force must (1) review guidance and application requirements for economic development programs administered by USDA, and (2) develop interagency agreements to reduce administrative and planning burdens for applicants to such programs and the federal agencies administering such programs.
The Department of Commerce must establish a working group to develop and regularly update a comprehensive and public repository of federal economic development programs that are available to tribal entities.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 1, 2023 to Dec 10, 2024; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | Original | Aug 1, 2023 |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Sep 12, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Sep 13, 2023 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Oct 18, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Oct 25, 2023 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Oct 30, 2023 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Nov 9, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Nov 29, 2023 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Nov 29, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Nov 29, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Dec 11, 2023 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 6, 2024 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 6, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Feb 6, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 29, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Feb 29, 2024 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Feb 29, 2024 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | May 10, 2024 | |
| D-AK | Mary Sattler Peltola | May 23, 2024 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Dec 10, 2024 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Aug 1, 2023 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Aug 1, 2023 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Aug 2, 2023 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Aug 1, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 2, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Aug 1, 2023Introduced in House
- Aug 1, 2023Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 132, August 1, 2023, page H4159.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-19 | HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING TESTIMONY FROM THE HONORABLE THOMAS J. VILSACK, SECRETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE253 pages | Agriculture Committee | Feb 14, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-18 | MEMBER DAY1,004 pages | Agriculture Committee | Dec 6, 2023 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48093 | Federal-Tribal Consultation: Background and Issues for Congress | Report | Sep 23, 2026 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3270 | REACH Our Tribes Act | Related bill | Nov 9, 2023 |
| HR 10205 | REACH Our Tribes Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Sep 1, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish a budgetary Tribal Government consultation process at the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Rural Economic-development Assistance and Consultation to Help Our Tribes Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2023Introduced 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.
