# 116-hr-6682: To provide for a waiver of the matching funds requirement for the farmers market and local food promotion program and value added producer grant program.

116-hr-6682, To provide for a waiver of the matching funds requirement for the farmers market and local food promotion program and value added producer grant program., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. (as of 2025-11-18).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6682
- As of: 2025-11-18
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6682
- Congress: 116
- Title: To provide for a waiver of the matching funds requirement for the farmers market and local food promotion program and value added producer grant program.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
- Introduced: 2020-05-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill waives matching funds requirements for entities that receive grants from the Department of Agriculture through the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program or the Value-Added Producer Grant program. The matching funds requirements shall not apply with respect to grants awarded during the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on December 31, 2021.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] (R-NE), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2020-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-3742: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2019
- 116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- 116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6682 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6682)

## Related
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7092)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-3742: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3742)
- [116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2694)
- [116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2423)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6682 (as of 2025-11-18).