[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3075 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3075

To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reauthorize 
                 rural cooperative development grants.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 30, 2025

    Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reauthorize 
                 rural cooperative development grants.

    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 ``Strengthening Rural Cooperatives and 
Communities Act''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.

    Section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1932(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
                subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting before subparagraph (B) (as so 
                redesignated) the following:
                    ``(A) Cooperative development.--The term 
                `cooperative development' means activities, including 
                outreach, education, training, and technical 
                assistance, to support the startup, expansion, or 
                ongoing sustainability of new and existing 
                cooperatives.'';
            (2) in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A), in the second sentence, by inserting ``, and award maximum 
        points in scoring criteria to applicants that satisfy the 
        requirements of paragraph (5)(F),'' before ``if the plan'';
            (3) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking ``If the Secretary 
        determines it to be in the best interest of the program, the'' 
        and inserting ``The'';
            (4) in paragraph (10)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Analysis.--The Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) analyze the data resulting from the 
                        research conducted under subparagraph (A); and
                            ``(ii) include the data and the analysis 
                        described in clause (i) in the annual report 
                        submitted by the interagency working group 
                        under paragraph (12).'';
            (5) in paragraph (12)--
                    (A) by striking ``Not later'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Annual reports.--Not later than 180 days 
                after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, and 
                annually thereafter, the interagency working group 
                described in subparagraph (A) shall submit to Congress 
                a report describing the activities carried out by the 
                interagency working group.''; and
            (6) in paragraph (13), by striking ``2014 through 2023'' 
        and inserting ``2025 through 2029''.
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