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HR773Referred to Committee

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal certain provisions relating to the acceptance and use of contributions for public-private partnerships, and for other purposes.

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-28
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Harriet M. Hageman
Harriet M. Hageman
Republican · WY · Representative
Votes with party: 93.6% (608 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/H001096

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (0)

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

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Latest Action

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

2025-02-28

Source: Congress.gov

Plain-English Summary

This bill would remove rules that allow the federal government to accept money and donations from private companies to support agricultural and conservation programs through public-private partnerships. The change would limit how the Department of Agriculture can work with businesses to fund projects related to farming, conservation, and food security.

AI-assisted summary generated from the official bill metadata (title, subjects, actions) sourced from Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed. Always verify against the official text linked below.

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Agriculture

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Subjects

Agriculture and Food

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 773 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 773 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal certain provisions relating to the acceptance and use of contributions for public-private partnerships, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 28, 2025 Ms. Hageman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal certain provisions relating to the acceptance and use of contributions for public-private partnerships, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS. Section 1241(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(f)) is amended-- (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``for Public- Private Partnerships''; (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: ``(1) Authority to establish contribution accounts.-- Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may establish a sub- account for each conservation program administered by the Secretary under subtitle D to accept contributions of non- Federal funds to support the purposes of the program.''; (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``a covered program shall be deposited into the account'' and inserting ``a conservation program administered by the Secretary under subtitle D shall be deposited into the sub-account''; and (4) by striking paragraphs (3) through (10). <all>
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