U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Releases 2024 Farm Bill Framework
May 2, 2024
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Senator Debbie Stabenow released a summary framework of the 2024 Senate Farm Bill, titled the “Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act.”
Contained within this framework are several provisions the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) has advocated for, for many years.
“NRWA testified in five separate hearings on the Rural Development Title of the Farm Bill,” said NRWA Chief Executive Officer Matt Holmes. “Our 31,000 utility members are the practitioners of these programs and initiatives, and we have been fully engaged in this process since the outset. We are delighted to see the Chairwoman included and improved many of these recommendations, which are transformational to modernizing existing programs and creating new initiatives to address current challenges better.”