REDUCE Government Waste Act
- Last Action
- 6/24/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-24Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- 2021-06-24Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-24 (00)
Removing Excessive Dollars to Uproot and Cut Expensive Government Waste Act or the REDUCE Government Waste Act
This bill repeals the rules for peanuts under the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). Under a nonrecourse marketing assistance loan, a farmer pledges a commodity as collateral and may deliver the pledged collateral to USDA to repay the loan.
The bill also prohibits federal funds from being used for the development of (1) a beerbot or other robot bartender; or (2) insect-based foods for human consumption, including cricket farming and taste-testing of insect-based foods.
Cosponsors (1)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
Subjects
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Agricultural practices and innovations
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Agricultural research
- Alcoholic beverages
- Debt collection
- Insects
- Research administration and funding
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