Texas Agricultural Producers Assistance Act

Bill: 118-hr-8344
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]
Introduced: 2024-05-10
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2024-09-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-05-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Texas Agricultural Producers Assistance Act</strong></p><p>This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to submit a report to Congress on USDA assistance available for agricultural producers in Texas related to Mexico's non-compliance with a 1944 treaty with the United States&nbsp;concerning water utilization. </p><p>Specifically, the USDA report must list all of the existing USDA authorities and programs that are or could be made available to provide assistance to agricultural producers in Texas that have suffered economic losses due to Mexico not delivering water to the United States in accordance with the Treaty on Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, including  the Supplementary Protocol.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8344 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 10, 2024 Ms. De La Cruz (for herself, Ms. Crockett , and Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit to Congress a report on available assistance to agricultural producers in the State of Texas that have suffered economic losses due to the failure of Mexico to deliver water.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Texas Agricultural Producers Assistance Act . 2. Report on available assistance to agricultural producers in the State of Texas that have suffered economic losses due to the failure of Mexico to deliver water Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that lists all existing authorities of the Secretary and programs within the Department of Agriculture that are or could be made available to provide assistance to agricultural producers in the State of Texas that have suffered economic losses due to the failure of Mexico to deliver water to the United States in accordance with the Treaty Relating to the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande signed at Washington on February 3, 1944, and the Supplementary Protocol signed at Washington on November 14, 1944.