Responding to Epidemic Losses and Investing in the Economic Future for Producers Act of 2020 or the RELIEF for Producers Act of 2020 This bill establishes requirements and provides funding for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make payments to livestock and poultry producers to offset losses related to the intentional depopulation of livestock and poultry due to insufficient access to meat or poultry processing during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The bill also provides additional funding to USDA for animal disease prevention and management programs.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural marketing and promotionAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditAnimal and plant healthAppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careFood industry and servicesHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesLivestockMeatVeterinary medicine and animal diseases
RELIEF for Producers Act of 2020
USA116th CongressS-4156| Senate
| Updated: 7/2/2020
Responding to Epidemic Losses and Investing in the Economic Future for Producers Act of 2020 or the RELIEF for Producers Act of 2020 This bill establishes requirements and provides funding for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make payments to livestock and poultry producers to offset losses related to the intentional depopulation of livestock and poultry due to insufficient access to meat or poultry processing during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The bill also provides additional funding to USDA for animal disease prevention and management programs.
Agricultural marketing and promotionAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditAnimal and plant healthAppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careFood industry and servicesHealth promotion and preventive careInfectious and parasitic diseasesLivestockMeatVeterinary medicine and animal diseases