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S3075119th CongressWALLET

Strengthening Rural Cooperatives and Communities Act

Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

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Summary

Redefines cooperative development to explicitly include outreach, education, training, and technical assistance. It would also tighten scoring, require data analysis and annual reporting, and extend the program's window through 2029.

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  • Rural cooperatives and communities would gain clearer eligibility for grant-funded activities that support startup, expansion, and sustainability through outreach, education, training, and technical assistance.
  • Grant applicants would face stronger scoring incentives because applications that meet the criteria in paragraph (5)(F) would receive maximum points and an administrative provision loses its prior conditional phrasing.
  • The Secretary and an interagency working group would have to analyze research results and include that analysis in annual reports, and the interagency group must report to Congress within 180 days and annually thereafter. The program years are extended to 2025 through 2029.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More help for rural cooperatives

If enacted, this bill would widen what counts as cooperative development to include outreach, education, training, and technical assistance for starting, growing, or sustaining co-ops. It would require grant reviewers to give maximum points to applicants who meet paragraph (5)(F). It would remove a conditional phrase that let the Secretary act only "if... in the best interest of the program," so that provision would apply without that qualification. It would require the Secretary to analyze research data and have the interagency working group send a report to Congress within 180 days of enactment and every year after. It would also change the program's authorized years to 2025 through 2029.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

NV • D

Cosponsors

  • Deb Fischer

    NE • R

    Sponsored 10/30/2025

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