118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2341A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize grants for eligible institutions to carry out agriculture workforce training programs, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize grants for eligible institutions to carry out agriculture workforce training programs, and for other purposes.

Agriculture and food
Introduced Jul 18, 2023
Last action Jul 18, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jul 18, 2023
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Referred
Jul 18, 2023
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill directs the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to establish a grant program within its Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program for eligible institutions to develop and carry out agriculture workforce training programs. Eligible institutions include U.S. land-grant universities, non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, junior or community colleges with agriculture programs, and area career and technical education schools with agriculture programs. The grants must be used to develop and carry out programs to (1) promote the growth of the agriculture industry, (2) foster competitiveness within the industry, and (3) improve the training and retention of workers in the...

Provisions · 1 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Jul 18, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jul 18, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.