US Congress House Bill 7883 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-22)
Status: Introduced on July 30 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-30 - Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Pending: House Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Grant amounts shall be based on the difference between the average attendance at agricultural fairs in the state for a month occurring in 2019 compared to the corresponding month in 2020. 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 1% of grant funds for administrative costs incurred in providing support to agricultural fairs.

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.

Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]
Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]
Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. John Rose [R-TN]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Mike Levin [D-CA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. James Hagedorn [R-MN]	Rep. Troy Balderson [R-OH]
Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Bryan Steil [R-WI]
Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2020-07-30	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7883/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7883/BILLS-116hr7883ih.pdf