{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-bill-cuts-red-tape-on-rural-economic-development-grants/", "Barrasso Bill Cuts Red Tape on Rural Economic Development Grants", "2024-09-27", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) recently introduced legislation to make federal grants more accessible for rural communities in Wyoming and across the country. The bill would require the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to work with leaders in rural communities to streamline and simplify the grant application process.\n\n\u201cOur rural communities and small businesses are the backbone of Wyoming\u2019s economy,\u201d said Senator Barrasso. \u201cToo many of Wyoming\u2019s smaller communities miss out on federal grant opportunities due to the confusing, burdensome and time-consuming application process. The EDA Short Form Application Act will bring economic development grants within rural Wyoming\u2019s reach. Cutting red tape and creating a shorter, more relevant process will make it easier for Wyoming\u2019s rural communities to successfully apply for these valuable grants.\u201d\n\nThe EDA Short Form Application Act would:\n\nRequire the establishment and use of short form applications for rural communities applying for economic development grant programs, and for other purposes.\n\nRequire the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to consult a representative group of rural stakeholders for input on the following criteria:\n\nThe length of the applications,\n\nThe information and documentation required or requested to be submitted as part of the applications,\n\nThe degree of applicability to rural communities of questions in the applications and information and documentation described requested, and\n\nAny other considerations the Assistant Secretary determines to be necessary for the establishment of the short form application.\n\nFull text of the legislation can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:46:43Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom-news-releases-barrasso-bill-cuts-red-tape-on-rural-economic-development-grants/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8675972931087017, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}