# 119-s-3075: Strengthening Rural Cooperatives and Communities Act

119-s-3075, Strengthening Rural Cooperatives and Communities Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3075
- Congress: 119
- Title: Strengthening Rural Cooperatives and Communities Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] (R-NE), 2025-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More help for rural cooperatives: benefit, medium. 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…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2828: Child Care Modernization Act of 2025
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act
- 119-s-2461: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-3075 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3075)

## Related
- [119-s-2828: Child Care Modernization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2828)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3940)
- [119-s-2461: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2461)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3075 (as of 2026-04-21).