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Empowering Rural Communities Act

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The Empowering Rural Communities Act establishes a technical assistance set-aside requiring the Department of Agriculture to reserve at least 2.5 percent of Rural Development discretionary grant program funds to support low-capacity rural communities. These reserved funds would be used for training, application development, pre-development support, outreach, and capacity-building activities, with priority given to communities lacking grant-writing staff, with historically low grant participation, or located in persistent poverty areas. The bill requires annual reporting on the amounts reserved, communities assisted, and measurable outcomes, and specifies that reserved funds do not count toward administrative expense limitations.

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Bill details

Congress
119
Bill type
hr
Introduced
February 13, 2026
Sponsor
Julia LetlowRLA
Last action
April 3, 2026— Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

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