REDUCE Government Waste Act

Bill: 115-s-3716
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2018-12-06
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations

Agricultural marketing and promotion

Agricultural practices and innovations

Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Agricultural research

Alcoholic beverages

Debt collection

Insects

Research administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2018-12-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-12-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Removing Excessive Dollars to Uproot and Cut Expensive Government Waste Act or the REDUCE Government Waste Act </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to repeal the rules for peanuts under the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (Under a nonrecourse marketing assistance loan, a farmer pledges a commodity as collateral and may deliver the pledged collateral to USDA to repay the loan.) </p> <p>The bill also prohibits federal funds from being used for the development of: (1) a beerbot or other robot bartender; or (2) insect-based foods for human consumption, including cricket farming and taste-testing of insect-based foods. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3716 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 6, 2018 Mr. Flake (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to repeal the forfeiture rule for peanuts under the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program, prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain activities, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Removing Excessive Dollars to Uproot and Cut Expensive Government Waste Act or the REDUCE Government Waste Act . 2. Repeal of special rule for peanuts Section 1201 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9031 ) is amended by striking subsection (e). 3. Prohibition on use of funds for development of beerbots Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used for the development of a beerbot or other robot bartender. 4. Prohibition on use of funds for development of insect-based foods Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used for the development of insect-based foods for human consumption, including cricket farming and taste-testing of insect-based foods.