CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Jefferson Shreve (R-IN)

Rural Animal Shelter Investment Act

H.R. 8527 · House bill Agriculture and Food

A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the ``Rural Animal Shelter Investment Act'', aims to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. It seeks to officially designate animal shelters as essential community facilities. By doing so, these shelters would become eligible for direct loans and grants. This change applies to the essential community facilities loan and grant programs. The amendment would take effect 180 days after the bill is enacted.

Yes· 3 of 4

  • Scored +4

    Would people in rural areas be better off under this?

    The bill specifically targets rural communities by expanding their access to essential community facility funding for animal shelters.

  • Scored +3

    Does this invest in rural communities?

    The bill provides new financial resources for essential community infrastructure in rural areas via animal shelters.

  • Scored +1

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    Expanded community facilities can provide social benefits to low-income households in rural areas.

The opposite

  • Scored -1

    Does this reduce what the federal government spends?

    The bill expands eligibility for direct loans and grants, which increases government spending obligations.