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HR2812Referred to Committee

Youth Lead Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-04-10
Introduced
15
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Don Bacon
Don Bacon
Republican · NE · Representative
Votes with party: 93.7% (552 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001298

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (15)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)Original· 2025-04-10
  • David G. Valadao (R-CA-22)Original· 2025-04-10
  • Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)Original· 2025-04-10
  • Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17)Original· 2025-04-10
  • Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)Original· 2025-04-10
  • Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)Original· 2025-04-10
  • Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15)Original· 2025-04-10
  • Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2)Original· 2025-04-10
  • Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7)· 2025-06-26
  • Jack Bergman (R-MI-1)· 2025-09-08
  • Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3)· 2025-11-04
  • Josh Harder (D-CA-9)· 2025-11-12
  • Joe Neguse (D-CO-2)· 2025-11-18
  • Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2)· 2025-12-18

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

2025-04-10

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2025-04-10

Previously

  • Agriculture CommitteeReferred To · 2025-04-10

Plain-English Summary

Youth Lead Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 National Institute of Food and Agriculture grants to the Girl Scouts of the USA, the Boy Scouts of America, the National 4–H Council, and the National FFA Organization. These grants must be used to establish pilot projects to expand the programs carried out by the organizations in rural areas and small towns.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Agriculture and Food
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Bills by the same sponsor or covering overlapping subjects.

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