US Congress House Bill 4820 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-8)
Status: Introduced on October 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-11-21 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9158)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a public service announcement campaign to address the mental health of farmers and ranchers, including television, radio, print, outdoor, and digital public service announcements. Additionally, USDA must establish a voluntary program to train employees of the Farm Service Agency, the Risk Management Agency, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service in the management of stress experienced by farmers and ranchers, including the detection of stress and suicide prevention; and convene a task force of agricultural and rural stakeholders at the federal, state, and local levels to assess the causes of mental stress in farmers and ranchers and identify best practices for responding to such stress.

Seeding Rural Resilience Act

Rep. Anthony Brindisi [D-NY]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. James Hagedorn [R-MN]
Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Abigail Spanberger [D-VA]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Lauren Underwood [D-IL]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Sen. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]
Rep. Xochitl Torres Small [D-NM]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Dan Meuser [R-PA]
Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-21	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9158)
2019-10-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2019-10-23	House	Introduced in House

SB2599 (Same As) 2019-10-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4820/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4820/BILLS-116hr4820ih.pdf