3.0.0 6793 2019-11-15T20:46:09Z 2019-11-15T20:46:09Z House H HR 2008-08-01 110 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee Referred to 2008-10-03T18:36:19Z Referred to 2008-08-01T13:04:45Z 2008-10-03 hsag14 Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture. Committee 2008-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2008-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 N Agriculture and Food Agricultural cooperatives Agricultural credit Agricultural societies Agricultural subsidies Animals Community organization Economics and Public Finance Farmers Federally-guaranteed loans Grants-in-aid Leases Livestock Marketing of farm produce Urban affairs Agriculture and Food 00 2008-08-01 Introduced in House 2008-10-29T18:18:35Z Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to: (1) municipalities to facilitate the ability of local farmers to grow food crops or raise livestock for local community sale; (2) local nongovernmental farming associations that promote community-based farming or to qualified farmers to provide technical, advisory, and other assistance for a municipally-based agricultural project; and (3) provide startup funding to agricultural producers who must diversify in order to participate in a community-supported agricultural project.

Directs the Secretary to provide marketing assistance to a participating farmer who has received a lease or loan guarantee that has not been terminated to assist the farmer in marketing to community institutions, including schools, child care centers, and senior centers.

]]> To provide for grants to assist municipalities to facilitate the ability of local farmers to grow food crops and certain livestock to be sold locally, grants to enable local nongovernmental farming associations to support the formation of community-supported agricultural projects, and grants to provide start-up funds to farmers who must diversify their operations in order to participate in the projects, and for other purposes. Display Title To provide for grants to assist municipalities to facilitate the ability of local farmers to grow food crops and certain livestock to be sold locally, grants to enable local nongovernmental farming associations to support the formation of community-supported agricultural projects, and grants to provide start-up funds to farmers who must diversify their operations in order to participate in the projects, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To provide for grants to assist municipalities to facilitate the ability of local farmers to grow food crops and certain livestock to be sold locally, grants to enable local nongovernmental farming associations to support the formation of community-supported agricultural projects, and grants to provide start-up funds to farmers who must diversify their operations in order to participate in the projects, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6793ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6793ih.xml 2008-10-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture. 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.