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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-129
AGRICULTURAL FAIRS RESCUE ACT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, from the Committee on Agriculture,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 2424]
The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 2424) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pro-
gram under which the Secretary awards grants to States or State
departments of agriculture for the purposes of providing support to
agricultural fairs for losses sustained due to COVID-19, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This act may be cited as the Agricultural Fairs Rescue Act.
SEC. 2. AGRICULTURAL FAIR RESCUE GRANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 180 days after the date on which funds are made
available to carry out this section, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the
Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, shall award a grant to each
State department of agriculture (or other appropriate State agency assigned with
the promotion of agricultural fairs) for the purposes of providing support to eligible
agricultural fairs for losses sustained by such fairs due to COVID-19.
(b) AMOUNT OF GRANT.-The amount of a grant to a State or State department
of agriculture under this section shall be based on the difference between the aver-
age attendance at agricultural fairs in the State for a calendar year occurring dur-
ing the 3-calendar-year period beginning with calendar year 2017 (or over a shorter
period, if attendance data is not available for the entire 3-calendar-year period) com-
pared to calendar year 2020.
(c) CONDITIONS.-As a condition on the receipt of a grant under this section, a
State or State department of agriculture shall agree-
(1) to prioritize supporting eligible agricultural fairs in the State facing the
greatest financial hardship; and
(2) to use not more than 5 percent of grant funds for administrative costs in-
curred in providing support to eligible agricultural fairs.
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