STRESS under COVID–19 Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 220 To make supplemental appropriations to carry out farm stress programs, provide for expedited additional support under the farm and ranch stress assistance network, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 6, 2021 Mr. EMMER (for himself and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To make supplemental appropriations to carry out farm stress programs, provide for expedited additional support under the farm and ranch stress assistance network, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stemming the Tide 4 of Rural Economic Stress and Suicide under COVID–19 5 Act’’ or the ‘‘STRESS under COVID–19 Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:55 Feb 05, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H220.IH H220 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 220 IH SEC. 2. EXPEDITED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR FARM AND 1 RANCH STRESS ASSISTANCE NETWORK. 2 (a) EMERGENCY FUNDING.— 3 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts oth- 4 erwise made available to carry out section 7522 of 5 the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 6 U.S.C. 5936), out of the funds of the Treasury not 7 otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to 8 carry out such section $10,000,000, to remain avail- 9 able until September 30, 2022. 10 (2) ALLOCATION.—Not later than 60 days after 11 the date of the enactment of this Act, from the 12 amounts made available under paragraph (1), the 13 Secretary shall award to each eligible recipient (as 14 specified in section 7522(c) of the Food, Conserva- 15 tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936(c))) 16 that meets the criteria determined by the Secretary, 17 and submits an application within the time period 18 specified by the Secretary, an amount to be deter- 19 mined by the Secretary, except in no case may such 20 amount exceed $500,000. 21 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi- 22 tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated 23 to carry out section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, and 24 Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936), there is authorized 25 to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:55 Feb 05, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H220.IH H220 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 220 IH out such section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 1 through 2025. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:55 Feb 05, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H220.IH H220 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS