3.0.0 6661 2025-07-28T18:10:39Z 2025-07-28T18:10:39Z House H HR 2023-12-07 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 202 (Thursday, December 7, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. CARAVEO:H.R. 6661.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18The single subject of this legislation is:Reauthorize Rural Cooperative Development Grants program[Page H6741]</pre> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2024-01-25T19:44:41Z Referred To 2023-12-07T14:02:45Z 2024-01-25 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. Committee 2023-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2023-12-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-12-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001134 Rep. Caraveo, Yadira [D-CO-8] Yadira Caraveo D CO 8 N V000129 Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] David Valadao R CA G. 22 2023-12-07 True P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 2024-04-12 False Agriculture and Food Community life and organization 2024-12-04T17:18:29Z Congressional oversight 2024-12-04T17:18:37Z Rural conditions and development 2024-12-04T17:18:20Z Agriculture and Food 2024-01-21T20:00:20Z

00 2023-12-07 Introduced in House 2025-07-28T18:10:00Z <p><strong>Strengthening Rural Cooperatives and Communities Act</strong></p><p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and modifies the Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) Program. This Department of Agriculture (USDA) program provides grants to nonprofit institutions to help individuals and businesses start, expand, or improve rural cooperatives and other mutually-owned businesses through Rural Cooperative Development Centers.</p><p>USDA must give preference to grants that commit to providing technical assistance and other services to socially vulnerable,&nbsp;underserved, or distressed communities. Under current law,&nbsp;USDA must give preference to underserved and economically distressed areas in rural areas.</p><p>In addition, USDA may give an additional&nbsp;preference to applications that commit to providing a 25% matching contribution for the center with private funds and in-kind contributions.&nbsp;Specifically, USDA&nbsp;may&nbsp;award the maximum points in application scoring criteria to applicants that satisfy this requirement.</p><p>Under the bill, cooperative development includes activities (e.g., outreach, education, training, and technical assistance) to support the startup, expansion, or ongoing sustainability of new and existing cooperatives. Current law does not define cooperative development.</p><p>The bill directs the RCDG interagency working group to submit an annual report to Congress on its activities.</p><p>Finally, the program currently includes cooperative research program requirements to collect data on the effects of all types of cooperatives on the national economy. Under the bill, USDA must analyze the data resulting from the research and include the data and analysis in the annual report to Congress.</p>

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