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Read. Follow. Verify.Colonel Gary LaGrange AgVets Act of 2024
Last action · May 22, 2024: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Sponsor: Jerry Moran
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill proposes a new federal grant program to help veterans learn farming and ranching skills. It would provide funding to colleges, non-profits, and state agencies to offer training, workshops, and business management education for veterans interested in agriculture.
If passed, this bill would authorize $5 million annually from 2025 through 2029 for veteran agricultural training programs, requiring participating organizations to match the federal grant money with their own non-federal funds.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Veterans
Veterans may access new agricultural training, workshops, and business management education programs funded by these grants.
Agricultural Colleges and Nonprofits
These organizations are eligible to apply for federal grants to establish or enhance veteran-focused agricultural training programs, provided they can supply matching funds.
Key Facts
- Authorizes $5 million in annual appropriations for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 to fund veteran agricultural training.
- Requires grant recipients to provide non-Federal matching funds equal to the amount of the grant received.
- Establishes a competitive grant program under the Secretary of Agriculture for farming and ranching education.
- Defines eligible grant recipients as cooperative extension services, land-grant colleges, non-land-grant agricultural colleges, Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges, state departments of agriculture, nonprofits, or community-based organizations.
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- Permits grant funds to be used for classroom education, business management training, curriculum development, workshops, tours, and supervised field experiences.
- Defines 'veteran' using the existing criteria found in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
- Amends Title IV of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to include these provisions.
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Matching Fund Requirement
The bill mandates a 1:1 non-federal matching requirement, which shifts the financial burden of program sustainability onto the grant recipients rather than relying solely on federal funding.
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