3.0.0 2364 2023-01-11T16:03:26Z 2023-01-11T16:03:26Z House H HR 2007-05-17 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-17T20:16:43Z Referred to 2007-05-17T14:01:20Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee Referred to 2007-06-26T12:58:29Z hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture Referred to 2007-06-26T12:58:24Z hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2007-06-26T12:58:19Z hsag16 General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee Referred to 2007-06-26T12:58:14Z hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2007-06-26T12:57:37Z Referred to 2007-05-17T14:01:15Z 2007-07-17 hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Committee 2007-06-26 hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture. Committee 2007-06-26 hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture. Committee 2007-06-26 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. Committee 2007-06-26 hsag16 General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. Committee 2007-06-26 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Committee 2007-06-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6012) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5535) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-17 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2007-05-17 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-17 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2007-05-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1078) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 N B001258 Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2] Nancy Boyda D KS E. 2 2007-05-17 True K000365 Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8] Steve Kagen D WI 8 2007-05-17 True G000555 Rep. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY-20] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 20 2007-05-17 True R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2007-05-17 True P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2007-05-17 True S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2007-05-17 True A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 2007-05-17 True M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2007-05-21 False H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2007-05-23 False D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2007-05-23 False D000602 Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7] Artur Davis D AL 7 2007-06-05 False W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2007-06-05 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2007-06-05 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2007-06-18 False E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2007-06-26 False W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2007-06-26 False K000009 Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] MARCY KAPTUR D OH 9 2007-07-11 False E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 14 2007-07-11 False K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2007-07-16 False H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 2007-10-04 False Agriculture and Food Agribusiness Agricultural credit Agricultural subsidies Commerce Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Families Family farms Farmers Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Food stamps Fruit Gardening Government lending Housing and Community Development Marketing of farm produce Minorities Minority business enterprises Produce trade Rural economic development School lunch program Small business Social Welfare Urban affairs Urban areas Vegetables WIC program Women Agriculture and Food 00 2007-05-17 Introduced in House 2007-06-18T21:09:25Z Local Food and Farm Support Act - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grant program to support value-added agricultural products which shall include a socially disadvantaged farmer and rancher component and may include a small and individual producer grant component.

Directs the Secretary to establish a Family Rancher and Rancher Viability and Innovation Fund.

Amends the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary, through the Agricultural Marketing Service, to: (1) establish a grant program for eligible entities to conduct enterprise feasibility studies, including studies of consumer preference; and (2) provide loans and loan guarantees to eligible entities and individual producers to develop processing, distribution, and information infrastructure for locally or regionally produced food.

Amends the Farmers-to-Consumers Direct Marketing Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary to carry out a direct to consumer marketing assistance program to make grants to eligible entities for projects to establish, expand, and promote farmers' markets and other farmer to consumer direct marketing opportunities.

Extends: (1) the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) farmers' market nutrition program; (2) the senior farmers' market nutrition program; (3) the food stamp community food project program; and (4) the farm-to cafeteria program.

Establishes: (1) the food stamp fruit and vegetable incentive program; and (2) the urban agriculture production program.

]]> Local Food and Farm Support Act Display Title Local Food and Farm Support Act Official Title as Introduced To promote expanded economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers through local and regional markets, expand access to healthy food in underserved communities, provide access to locally and regionally grown food for schools, institutions, and consumers, and strengthen rural-urban linkages, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Local Food and Farm Support Act Introduced in House 2007-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2364ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2364ih.xml 2007-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.