US Congress House Bill 4339 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-12-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Pending: House Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veterans' Agricultural Apprenticeship Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a program to make direct loans to farmers and ranchers who will provide mentorship and apprenticeship opportunities for veterans to learn the skills necessary to become successful farmers or ranchers. USDA must carry out the program through agreements with state departments of agriculture that will: select veterans to participate in the program, secure established farmers and ranchers to provide the mentorship and apprenticeship opportunities, and make and administer direct loans to support the resulting mentorship and apprenticeship. The loans must be made without interest and may not exceed a term of one year. Of the amounts appropriated for FY2019-FY2023 for the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, USDA must use $1 million for each of the fiscal years for the program.

Veterans' Agricultural Apprenticeship Act of 2017

Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-12-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
2017-11-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2017-11-09	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
2017-11-09	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
2017-11-09	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4339/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4339/BILLS-115hr4339ih.pdf