Title: Livestock Risk Management and Education Act
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
Livestock Risk Management and Education Act
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide competitive grants to improve the farm management knowledge and skills of livestock producers.
USDA must give priority to applicants that (1) demonstrate an ability to work directly with livestock producers, (2) collaborate with farm management educational programs and associations, and (3) include in their application a description of the curriculum the applicant is seeking to carry out to educate livestock producers on risk management through futures market participation and hedging strategies.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4773 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4773

To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
 direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for the purpose of 
    improving the farm management knowledge and skills of livestock 
                               producers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 2019

 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Lucas, and Ms. Cheney) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to 
 direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for the purpose of 
    improving the farm management knowledge and skills of livestock 
                               producers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Livestock Risk Management and 
Education Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVING FARM MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR LIVESTOCK 
              PRODUCERS.

    The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 is 
amended by inserting after section 1672E (7 U.S.C. 5925g) the 
following:

``SEC. 1672F. IMPROVING FARM MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR 
              LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall make competitive extension 
and education grants for the purpose of improving the farm management 
knowledge and skills of livestock producers.
    ``(b) Selection Criteria.--In selecting grant recipients under this 
section, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that--
            ``(1) demonstrate an ability to work directly with 
        livestock producers;
            ``(2) collaborate with farm management educational programs 
        and associations; and
            ``(3) include in such application a description of the 
        curriculum the applicant is seeking to carry out to educate 
        livestock producers on risk management through futures market 
        participation and hedging strategies.
    ``(c) Administration.--Paragraphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B) of 
subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research 
Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 3157(b)) shall apply with respect to the making of 
grants under this section.
    ``(d) Definition.--In this section, the term `livestock' has the 
meaning given such term in section 1501(a) of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(a)).
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2023.''.
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