# 115-hr-3890: Making Rural America Count Act

115-hr-3890, Making Rural America Count Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-3890
- Congress: 115
- Title: Making Rural America Count Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
- Introduced: 2017-09-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Making Rural America Count Act This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture from including incarcerated prison populations when determining eligibility or the levels of assistance for rural development programs.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2017-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA), 2017-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2017-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-5275: Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions Act
- 115-hr-5141: United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5132: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act
- 115-hr-2853: Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017
- 115-hr-1698: Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act
- 115-hr-1697: Israel Anti-Boycott Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-3890 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3890)

## Related
- [115-hr-5275: Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5275)
- [115-hr-5141: United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5141)
- [115-hr-5132: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5132)
- [115-hr-2853: Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2853)
- [115-hr-1698: Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1698)
- [115-hr-1697: Israel Anti-Boycott Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1697)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-3890 (as of 2025-11-18).