HR 1230

Summary

Agriculture Grants for Veterans Education and Training Services Act or the AG VETS Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to provide competitive grants to eligible entities for the purpose of establishing and enhancing farming and ranching opportunities for veterans through education and training services. Entities eligible for the grants include cooperative extension services, land-grant colleges and universities, non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, state departments of agriculture, and nonprofit organizations.

Bill status

Status

In committee

Sponsor

Rep. Derrick Van Orden [R-WI-3]

Cosponsors

3

Policy area

Agriculture and Food

Introduced

2025-02-12

Latest action

2025-12-19: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Committee referrals

• Veterans' Affairs Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-02-12
• Agriculture Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-02-12

Recent actions

• 2025-12-19: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
• 2025-03-20: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
• 2025-02-12: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2025-02-12: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• 2025-02-12: Introduced in House