Rebuild Rural America Act of 2023
Latest action · Jun 22, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedJun 22, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rebuild Rural America Act of 2023
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Rural Innovation and Partnership Administration and the Rural Future Partnership Fund to provide five-year renewable rural partnership block grants to certified rural regions to implement locally developed regional revitalization plans.
For purposes of these grants, the following areas may constitute a rural region:
- a micropolitan statistical area (i.e., at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 people);
- a collection of rural census tracts or counties that fall outside of a micropolitan or metropolitan statistical area (i.e., 50,000 people or more) and that demonstrate evidence of economic, social, and cultural cooperation; or
- an Indian reservation.
A rural region must be certified by its state, in coordination with USDA, after having formed a rural partnership council made up of representatives from across different sectors.
For specified rural development programs, USDA must waive any matching funds requirements for projects that are carried out in certain rural regions that have a poverty rate of 20% or greater.
USDA must provide each rural partnership council with training, education, support, and advice to enhance the technical assistance, research, organizational, and other capacities of the council.
USDA must also enter into an agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps) to establish a Rural Future Corps to (1) help rural communities expand critical services such as child care, health, nutrition assistance, education, and job training; and (2) strengthen the capacity of local governments and economic and community development organizations.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 22, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Jun 22, 2023 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jun 22, 2023 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Jun 22, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jun 22, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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.
Printed hearings 29
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. 118-112 | REGULATORY RECIPE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY: THE ENDLESS BASEL ENDGAME AND AN ONSLAUGHT OF HURRIED RULEMAKING UNDERTAKEN BY THE ADMINISTRATION78 pages | Financial Services Committee | Sep 25, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-659 | NOMINATIONS OF CHRISTY GOLDSMITH ROMERO, CAROLINE A. CRENSHAW, KRISTIN N. JOHNSON, AND GORDON I. ITO184 pages | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Jul 11, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-564 | OVERSIGHT OF U.S. FINANCIAL REGULATORS: ACCOUNTABILITY AND FINANCIAL STABILITY178 pages | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | May 16, 2024 |
| S. Hrg. 118-549 | THE SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT TO THE CONGRESS141 pages | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Mar 7, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-78 | THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S SEMI-ANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT196 pages | Financial Services Committee | Mar 6, 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48886 | Workforce or Middle-Income Housing: Analysis and Policy Considerations | Report | Mar 25, 2026 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 486 | Rebuild Rural America Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Feb 25, 2021 |
| HR 4239 | Rebuild Rural America Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Sep 25, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish the Rural Innovation and Partnership Administration and to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish the Rural Future Partnership Fund to invest in the rural areas of the United States to achieve their preferred future while maximizing their contribution to the well-being of the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Rebuild Rural America Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Agricultural trade
- Agriculture and Food
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Building construction
- Business investment and capital
- Child care and development
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Cooperative and condominium housing
- Department of Agriculture
- Disability and paralysis
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Economic development
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Employment and training programs
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental technology
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Farmland
- Food assistance and relief
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government trust funds
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Higher education
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Housing supply and affordability
- Indian social and development programs
- Infrastructure development
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Land use and conservation
- Libraries and archives
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Manufacturing
- Mental health
- National and community service
- Nutrition and diet
- Outdoor recreation
- Performance measurement
- Pollution liability
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public transit
- Public-private cooperation
- Regional and metropolitan planning
- Research administration and funding
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Rural conditions and development
- Small business
- Small towns
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local government operations
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Transportation programs funding
- Unemployment
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
- Youth employment and child labor
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2023Introduced in Senate
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.
