Empowering Rural Communities Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7579 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7579 To improve access to Department of Agriculture Rural Development discretionary grant programs by establishing a technical assistance set-aside to support low-capacity rural communities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2026 Ms. Letlow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve access to Department of Agriculture Rural Development discretionary grant programs by establishing a technical assistance set-aside to support low-capacity rural communities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Empowering Rural Communities Act''. SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SET-ASIDE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAMS. (a) Set-Aside Establishe…