BRIDGE Act
Summary
Building Rural Investments, Development, and Growth for the Economy Act or the BRIDGE Act This bill requires the Department of Commerce and the Department of State to promote the export of goods and services by small- and medium-sized businesses from, and facilitate business investment in, rural areas of the United States. A rural area is an area with a population of less than 50,000 inhabitants that is outside an urbanized area.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 9, 2021
Last action Mar 9, 2021
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Total actions
2
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Committee
1
Mar 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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