MORE USDA Grants Act

HR 3595, the MORE USDA Grants Act, reduces local matching requirements by 50% for qualifying USDA grants for counties where over half the land is federally owned and population is under 100,000. It directly affects these "High-Density Public Land Counties" and their local governments or Tribal governments seeking USDA rural development funds. Key provisions include prioritizing applications from these areas in grant approvals, providing extra technical assistance during applications, and allowing flexibility for specific barriers like job-count scoring or partnership requirements that disadvantage small rural communities. The bill aims to make USDA grant programs more accessible to federally dominated rural areas facing financial or structural hurdles.