Healthy Soil, Resilient Farmers Act of 2020
Legislative Progress
Introduced
August 14, 2020
Latest Action
October 1, 2020
Primary Sponsor
Abigail Davis SpanbergerDemocratic(VA)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
86pct
48d open
vs 9,062 other HR bills in the 116th — cohort avg 39d
Healthy Soil, Resilient Farmers Act of 2020 This bill revises the conservation loan and loan guarantee program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to authorize USDA to provide loans for soil health transition plans. A soil health transition plan is a comprehensive, whole-farm plan, approved by USDA, that, for a farming or ranching operation, identifies the conservation activities that will be addressed with loan funds provided or guaranteed to assist the borrower in making a transition to a farming or ranching production and conservation system. USDA may limit eligibility for soil health transition loans to certain entities, including farmers or ranchers whose farm or ranch land is subject to the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe. USDA must establish terms and conditions for making or guaranteeing soil health transition loans that waive principal and interest repayment for up to three years from the date on which the loan is made or guaranteed in order for the borrower to make a satisfactory transition to the farming or ranching production and conservation system under a soil health transition plan.
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2020 · third_quarter · Agriculture
H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act -- specifically the 15% increase to the SNAP provisions. S. 3970 - American Farmers, Food Banks & Families Act of 2020 HR 5861 - Agriculture Resilience Act HR 8057 - The Healthy Soil, Resilient Farmers Act Signed on to The National WIC Association Congressional letter in support of the WIC waiver extensions to continue through September 2021. Signed on to letter from the National Young Farmers Coalition to USDA asking for set-asides for new and beginning farmers and socially-disadvantaged farmers, a commitment for outreach to these farmers, and a recommendation to create an option for relief funding based on projected revenue loss instead of a more limiting price loss calculation.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE