US Congress House Bill 5450 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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]

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.

To increase the access of small farmers in Puerto Rico to Federal agriculture programs, and for other purposes.

Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
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

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5450/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5450/BILLS-115hr5450ih.pdf