S. 2599: Seeding Rural Resilience Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-10-15 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-10-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Seeding Rural Resilience Act

Plain summary

Seeding Rural Resilience Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a public service announcement campaign to address the mental health of farmers and ranchers, including television, radio, print, outdoor, and digital public service announcements. Additionally, USDA must establish a voluntary program to train employees of the Farm Service Agency, the Risk Management Agency, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service in the management of stress experienced by farmers and ranchers, including the detection of stress and suicide prevention; and convene a task force of agricultural and rural stakeholders at the federal, state, and local levels to assess the causes of mental stress in farmers and ranchers and identify best practices for responding to such stress.

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Seeding Rural Resilience Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · 10 cosponsors

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Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Boozman (R-AR), Tina Smith (D-MN), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s2599.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s2599 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116