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This bill would continue the dairy business innovation initiatives, a federal program that helps support new ideas and business growth in the dairy industry. It also increases the amount of money that can be used for the program, giving it more support for dairy businesses, workers, and related projects.
- It renews the program instead of letting it expire.
- It changes two parts of the current law from 3 to 4, which would extend how long the program runs in those sections.
- It raises the authorized funding from $20 million to $36 million.
Official Summaries
This bill increases the authorization of appropriations for the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives for each fiscal year. The bill also requires that there be a minimum of four regionally-located DBI Initiatives, instead of the currently required three.
Under the Agricultural Marketing Service, the DBI Initiatives support dairy businesses in the development, production, marketing, and distribution of dairy products. The current program includes four DBI Initiatives selected to provide direct technical assistance and subawards to dairy businesses, including for niche dairy products and dairy products derived from cow milk, sheep milk, and goat milk.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 985 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 985
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the
dairy business innovation initiatives.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 5, 2025
Mr. Van Orden (for himself and Mr. Carbajal) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the
dairy business innovation initiatives.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DAIRY BUSINESS INNOVATION INITIATIVES.
Section 12513 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C.
1632d) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``3'' and inserting
``4'';
(2) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ``3'' and
inserting ``4''; and
(3) in subsection (i), by striking ``$20,000,000'' and
inserting ``$36,000,000''.
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