US SB4929 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Introduced on November 30 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on November 30 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A bill to address the history of discrimination against Black farmers and ranchers, to require reforms within the Department of Agriculture to prevent future discrimination, and for other purposes.
Title
Justice for Black Farmers Act of 2020
Sponsors
| Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-30 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Subjects
Administrative remedies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agriculture and food
Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Corporate finance and management
Department of Agriculture
Education programs funding
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy efficiency and conservation
Executive agency funding and structure
Farmland
Federally chartered organizations
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Housing finance and home ownership
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Legal fees and court costs
Livestock
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority education
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
U.S. and foreign investments
U.S. history
Vocational and technical education
Wetlands
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agriculture and food
Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Corporate finance and management
Department of Agriculture
Education programs funding
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy efficiency and conservation
Executive agency funding and structure
Farmland
Federally chartered organizations
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Housing finance and home ownership
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Legal fees and court costs
Livestock
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority education
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
U.S. and foreign investments
U.S. history
Vocational and technical education
Wetlands
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4929/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4929/BILLS-116s4929is.pdf |
