2822 -- Farmer Veteran Opportunity Act of 2018 | Poliscope

Farmer Veteran Opportunity Act of 2018

2822

115th Congress

Agriculture and Food

In Committee

Farmer Veteran Opportunity Act of 2018

Legislative Progress

✓

Introduced

2

Committee

3

Floor Vote

4

Other Chamber

5

Enacted

Introduced

May 10, 2018

Latest Action

May 10, 2018

Primary Sponsor

Debbie StabenowDemocratic(MI)

Momentum (last 30 days)

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Speed vs cohort

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Summary

Farmer Veteran Opportunity Act of 2018 This bill expands the assistance that is available to veteran farmers or ranchers from various Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. The bill also specifies or modifies the definition of "veteran farmer or rancher" for several USDA programs.

Subjects (9)

Agricultural education

Agricultural insurance

Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Disaster relief and insurance

Interest, dividends, interest rates

Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Actions (2)

May 10, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

May 10, 2018

Introduced in Senate

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee	Senate	Referred to	May 10, 2018

Text Versions

Version	Date	Links
Introduced in Senate	May 10, 2018	XML

Cosponsors (1)

Name	Party	State
Pat Roberts	Republican	KS

Related Bills (2)

Bill	Congress	Relationship
HR 6500	115th	Related bill
HR 2	115th	Related bill

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Sources: Congress.gov