3.0.0 291 2026-02-27T09:07:02Z 2026-02-27T09:07:02Z House H HR 2025-01-09 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/291 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LANGWORTHY:H.R. 291.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution[Page H93]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2025-02-14T18:01:38Z Referred To 2025-01-09T14:31:20Z Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 119 7567 HR 2026-02-13 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Related bill CRS 2025-02-14 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 2025-01-09 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2025-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000600 Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] Nicholas Langworthy R NY A. 23 N T000487 Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] Jill Tokuda D HI N. 2 2025-01-09 True V000138 Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] Eugene Vindman D VA Simon 7 2025-05-07 False S001226 Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] Andrea Salinas D OR 6 2026-02-03 False D000230 Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] Donald Davis D NC G. 1 2026-02-26 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2025-02-19T15:28:45Z 00 2025-01-09 Introduced in House 2025-04-17T14:37:10Z Creating Access to Rural Employment and Education for Resilience and Success Act or the CAREERS Act

This bill reauthorizes the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant Program and expands the program to include support for career pathway programs or industry or sector partnerships in industries in rural communities.

As background, this Department of Agriculture (USDA) program offers grant assistance to create and augment high-wage jobs, accelerate the formation of new businesses, support industry clusters, and maximize the use of local productive assets in eligible low-income rural areas.

Under the bill, RISE grant program funds may be used to support career pathway programs (i.e., a combination of rigorous and high-quality education, training, and other services) or industry or sector partnerships in industries in rural communities. These industries may include public utilities (i.e., telecommunications, broadband, water, wastewater, disposal, and electric supply services), conservation practices and management, health care, child care, manufacturing, and agribusiness.

The bill removes the current requirement that the program provide grants (to the maximum extent practicable) for job accelerators in at least 25 states. Instead, USDA must ensure the regional diversity of grant recipients or participants in providing for job accelerators, career pathway programs, and industry or sector partnerships.

The bill also includes additional reporting requirements for career pathway programs and industry or sector partnership grant recipients.

]]> CAREERS Act Display Title 45 CAREERS Act 2025-02-06T03:08:19Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 CAREERS Act 2025-02-06T03:08:18Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Creating Access to Rural Employment and Education for Resilience and Success Act 2025-02-06T03:08:18Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant Program of the Department of Agriculture. 2025-02-06T03:03:35Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr291ih/xml/BILLS-119hr291ih.xml 2025-02-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. 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.