[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2573 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2573

To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reauthorize 
      the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 20, 2018

Mr. Boozman (for himself and Mr. Leahy) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reauthorize 
      the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran and Beginning Farmers 
Technical Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FOR RURAL AREAS PROGRAM.

    Section 310B(i)(4) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(i)(4)) is amended by striking ``2018'' and inserting 
``2023''.
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