Read this update on the Increased TSP Access Act and contact your members of Congress
T Todd Elvins
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The CCL Comms department published an Aug 15 blog post update on the Increased TSP Access Act. Below is an excerpt.

Write to your members of Congress about the Increased TSP Access Act - our online tool will provide an appropriate “thank you for cosponsoring the bill” or “please cosponsor this bill” for each of your members of Congress. cclusa.org/tsp

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Our June Lobby Day also included several bills as secondary asks:

  • The Increased TSP Access Act, which deals with helping agricultural producers, like farmers, fully utilize current conservation and climate programs.

The Increased TSP Access Act gained six new cosponsors in the weeks after our Lobby Day. “That brings us to exactly 30 Republicans and 30 Democrats” on the bill, Ben said during CCL’s July meeting. As of this blog post, one more representative has jumped on, for a total of seven new cosponsors!

Early drafts of the Farm Bill text include the text of this bill, too, which is a sure sign that our advocacy is helping it move forward.

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Laura Haule
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@T Todd Elvins Hi Todd- I was happy to find this post about TSP access. I am checking to see if I understand TSP correctly. I'm not seeing anything specific on the CCL Community site, and I'm not sure I understand. I am trying to communicate with a local reporter who has an article in today's MN Star Tribune about farming and climate - ethanol, fertilizer use, etc. I also am not seeing posts on CCL Community about the farm bill currently in Congress. If you can advise, thank you. Otherwise, of whom might I better inquire. Thank you.

Hi @Laura Haule. If you go to this page and scroll down, the click the Download button below the TSP Access Act, that will give you a nice one-page summary of the bill.

Right now there are basically House Republican and Senate Democrat versions of the Farm Bill, which have some significant differences and disagreements, and so the Farm Bill will be punted and renegotiated in 2025 by whatever new congressional makeup comes out of the November election. We hope the TSP Access Act will be included in that version of the Farm Bill, and we'll lobby for it.

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