3.0.0 5764 2023-01-11T13:39:33Z 2023-01-11T13:39:33Z House HR 2018-05-10 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 76 (Thursday, May 10, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico:H.R. 5764.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H3930]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2018-06-22T14:05:17Z Referred to 2018-05-10T13:03:40Z 2018-06-22 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. Committee 2018-05-10 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2018-05-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-05-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000570 Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] Ben Lujan D NM R. 3 N F000449 Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] Jeff Fortenberry R NE 1 2018-05-10 True L000580 Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1] Michelle Lujan Grisham D NM 1 2018-05-10 True M001185 Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] Sean Maloney D NY Patrick 18 2018-05-10 True P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 2018-05-10 True Agriculture and Food Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural research Performance measurement Research administration and funding Agriculture and Food 00 2018-05-10 Introduced in House 2018-12-28T17:26:17Z Growing Value-Added Economies Act

This bill amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to reauthorize and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Value-Added Producer Grants Program. (The program provides grants for the development and marketing of value-added agricultural products, which are products that have increased in value due to processing.)

The bill modifies the program to require USDA to:

  • establish independent external review panels to review and evaluate each eligible application based on merit and relevance,
  • develop and implement an outreach and technical assistance strategy, and
  • provide for periodic evaluations that measure the impact of the program and the impact of projects on achieving the purposes of the program.

The bill also: (1) provides mandatory funding for the program; and (2) prohibits more than 5% of the total annual funding for the program from being used for administrative expenses, program evaluation, outreach, and technical assistance.

]]> Growing Value-Added Economies Act Display Title Growing Value-Added Economies Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to require peer review for value-added agricultural product market development grants, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Growing Value-Added Economies Act Introduced in House 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr5764ih/xml/BILLS-115hr5764ih.xml 2018-06-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.