US Congress Senate Bill 2599 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on October 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-10-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
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

Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]
Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Kelly Loeffler [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

HB4820 (Same As) 2019-11-21 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9158)
SB4049 (Related) 2020-08-07 - Held at the desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2599/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2599/BILLS-116s2599is.pdf