S. 2219 · 117th Congress
REDUCE Government Waste Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Introduced
- 2021-06-24
- Latest action
- 2021-06-24 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Removing Excessive Dollars to Uproot and Cut Expensive Government Waste Act or the REDUCE Government Waste Act
This bill repeals the rules for peanuts under the nonrecourse marketing assistance loan program administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). Under a nonrecourse marketing assistance loan, a farmer pledges a commodity as collateral and may deliver the pledged collateral to USDA to repay the loan.
The bill also prohibits federal funds from being used for the development of (1) a beerbot or other robot bartender; or (2) insect-based foods for human consumption, including cricket farming and taste-testing of insect-based foods.