Title: STRESS under COVID–19 Act
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
Stemming the Tide of Rural Economic Stress and Suicide under COVID-19 Act or the STRESS under COVID-19 Act
This bill provides supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. The program provides grants to connect individuals who are engaged in agriculture-related occupations with stress assistance programs. The bill requires USDA to allocate the funds to grant recipients within 60 days.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 220 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 220

To make supplemental appropriations to carry out farm stress programs, 
   provide for expedited additional support under the farm and ranch 
           stress assistance network, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2021

Mr. Emmer (for himself and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To make supplemental appropriations to carry out farm stress programs, 
   provide for expedited additional support under the farm and ranch 
           stress assistance network, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stemming the Tide of Rural Economic 
Stress and Suicide under COVID-19 Act'' or the ``STRESS under COVID-19 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR FARM AND RANCH STRESS 
              ASSISTANCE NETWORK.

    (a) Emergency Funding.--
            (1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise made 
        available to carry out section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, 
        and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936), out of the funds of the 
        Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to 
        carry out such section $10,000,000, to remain available until 
        September 30, 2022.
            (2) Allocation.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, from the amounts made available 
        under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall award to each eligible 
        recipient (as specified in section 7522(c) of the Food, 
        Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936(c))) that 
        meets the criteria determined by the Secretary, and submits an 
        application within the time period specified by the Secretary, 
        an amount to be determined by the Secretary, except in no case 
        may such amount exceed $500,000.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to amounts 
otherwise authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 7522 of 
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936), there 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to 
carry out such section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2025.
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