US HB5450 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-04-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Pending: House Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-04-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Pending: House Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To increase the access of small farmers in Puerto Rico to Federal agriculture programs, and for other purposes. This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Advocacy and Outreach to increase the access of small farmers who grow specialty crops in Puerto Rico to loans under several USDA programs. (Specialty crops include fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops, including floriculture.) The programs covered by the bill include microloan programs, programs for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, programs for beginning farmers, and the emergency loan program. The USDA Office of Advocacy and Outreach must also carry out a training program to teach best farming practices to small farmers in Puerto Rico. The Department of the Interior must develop a program to allow small farmers to farm on federal land in Puerto Rico if: (1) the land is not environmentally sensitive, (2) farming on the land will not harm endangered native species or natural habitats, and (3) the land is suitable for farming.
Title
To increase the access of small farmers in Puerto Rico to Federal agriculture programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsors
Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2018-04-30 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. |
2018-04-12 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. |
2018-04-12 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. |
2018-04-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. |
2018-04-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. |
2018-04-10 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Agricultural education
Agriculture and food
Farmland
Government lending and loan guarantees
Land use and conservation
Puerto Rico
Agriculture and food
Farmland
Government lending and loan guarantees
Land use and conservation
Puerto Rico
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5450/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5450/BILLS-115hr5450ih.pdf |