H.R. 2731 — Introduced in House

I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2731 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 25, 2017Mr. Russell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to eliminate the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to make value-added agricultural product market development grants to support the development, production, or marketing of alcoholic beverages and to rescind a portion of the Commodity Credit Corporation funds made available for such grants. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Taxpayer-Funded Alcohol Marketing Act. 2. Value-added agricultural product market development grants (a) Exclusion of alcohol products from definition Section 231(a)(5) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a(a)(5)) is amended by adding below subparagraph (B) the following: The term value-added agricultural product does not include beer, wine, distilled spirits, hard cider, or other alcohol product. . (b) Rescission Of the funds made available under section 231(b)(7)(A) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a(b)(7)(A)) to the Secretary of Agriculture to make value-added agricultural product market development grants and unobligated as of the date of the enactment of this Act, $8,000,000 is hereby rescinded.