Rural Service and Workforce Corps Act

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Introduced 2026-01-22Topic: economy jobs · labor · higher education

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This bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture to design and run a Rural Service and Workforce Corps Program. The program would offer scholarships, tuition help, student loan repayment, stipends or wage support, and relocation and retention incentives to people who agree to work 3 years in a designated rural area. It would prioritize jobs in health care, skilled trades, energy infrastructure, and utilities and public works, and would target persistent poverty counties, health professional shortage areas, and areas where tribal, Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian communities live. Public, nonprofit, cooperative, tribal, and private employers meeting set wage and training standards could take part, and the Secretary would report to Congress within 4 years.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-03-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.	refer
2026-01-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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.	refer
2026-01-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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.	refer
2026-01-22		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-01-22		Introduced in House	introduce

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