S. 2813 · 115th Congress
Local Cheese Promotion and Dairy Support Act of 2018
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
D
MurphySponsor1 cosponsor · 1 D
1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to establish a Department of Agriculture (USDA) program to provide competitive grants to small cheese producers and cooperative groups of small cheese producers.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 10, 2018
Local Cheese Promotion and Dairy Support Act of 2018
This bill amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act to establish a Department of Agriculture (USDA) program to provide competitive grants to small cheese producers and cooperative groups of small cheese producers.
In awarding grants, USDA must define the term "small cheese producer" and give preference to producers that use locally or regionally sourced product to produce cheese.
Grant recipients may use the funds to:
- purchase equipment or renovate and make repairs to production facilities,
- develop a business plan or perform a feasibility study to grow the business,
- promote and market cheese,
- participate in accounting and financial literacy education and training,
- carry out food safety upgrades and training, and
- participate in job training.
Using no more than 10% of the funds provided for this bill, USDA must establish a cheese production, education, and promotion pilot project at eligible institutions, including:
- land-grant colleges or universities,
- local offices of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture or other regional USDA offices,
- groups of regional experts that advise beginning farmers or ranchers, or
- nonprofit organizations.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Local Cheese Promotion and Dairy Support Act of 2018
Latest action (May 10, 2018): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 10, 2018
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.