REDUCE Government Waste Act
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
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Introduced Jun 24, 2021
Last action Jun 24, 2021
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Jun 24, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
upper
Jun 24, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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