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US S2354

US S2354
Improving Agriculture, Research, Cultivation, Timber, and Indigenous Commodities (ARCTIC) Act


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Introduced
07/18/2023
In Committee
07/18/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2025

Introduced Session

118th Congress

Bill Summary

A bill to improve access to healthy foods, food processing, housing, forestry, agricultural research, and other agricultural programs, and Tribal self-determination relating to those programs, in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.

AI Summary

This bill, the Improving Agriculture, Research, Cultivation, Timber, and Indigenous Commodities (ARCTIC) Act, aims to improve access to healthy foods, food processing, housing, forestry, agricultural research, and other agricultural programs, as well as Tribal self-determination relating to those programs, in the State of Alaska. Key provisions include establishing a grant and loan program to support the creation of food banks and pantries in frontier and rural communities in non-contiguous states, expanding eligibility for certain farm loan and grant programs to commercial fishers, providing funding for agricultural research in states without Agricultural Research Service facilities, and authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination contracts with Tribal organizations for certain USDA functions and activities.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (on 07/18/2023)

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