REDUCE Government Waste Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2219 To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to repeal the forfeiture rule for peanuts under the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program, pro- hibit the use of Federal funds for certain activities, and for other pur- poses. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 24, 2021 Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. LEE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- trition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to repeal the for- feiture rule for peanuts under the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program, prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain activities, 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 ‘‘Removing Excessive 4 Dollars to Uproot and Cut Expensive Government Waste 5 Act’’ or the ‘‘REDUCE Government Waste Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:24 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2219.IS S2219 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2219 IS SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SPECIAL RULE FOR PEANUTS. 1 Section 1201 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 2 U.S.C. 9031) is amended by striking subsection (e). 3 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR DEVELOP- 4 MENT OF BEERBOTS. 5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed- 6 eral funds may be used for the development of a beerbot 7 or other robot bartender. 8 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR DEVELOP- 9 MENT OF INSECT-BASED FOODS. 10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed- 11 eral funds may be used for the development of insect- 12 based foods for human consumption, including cricket 13 farming and taste-testing of insect-based foods. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:24 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2219.IS S2219 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS