3.0.0 1933 2022-03-03T21:31:30Z 2022-03-03T21:31:30Z House H HR 2013-05-09 113 [Pages H2569-H2570]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. FUDGE:H.R. 1933.[[Page H2570]]Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause.]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2013-07-08T20:29:13Z Referred to 2013-05-09T13:05:05Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2013-05-09T13:05:00Z 2013-07-08 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Committee 2013-05-09 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 2013-05-09 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 2013-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-05-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000455 Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] Marcia Fudge D OH L. 11 N J000126 Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] EDDIE JOHNSON D TX BERNICE 30 2013-05-09 True T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2013-05-09 True R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 13 2013-05-09 True K000009 Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] MARCY KAPTUR D OH 9 2013-05-09 True P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 2013-05-09 True C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] JOHN CONYERS D MI 13 2013-05-09 True C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2013-05-09 True R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 2013-05-16 False W000808 Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] Frederica Wilson D FL S. 24 2013-05-16 False M000309 Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] CAROLYN MCCARTHY D NY 4 2013-05-23 False Q000023 Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] Mike Quigley D IL 5 2013-05-23 False R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2013-06-17 False C001090 Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] Matt Cartwright D PA 17 2013-06-25 False R000486 Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD D CA 40 2014-01-27 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural education Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Alcoholic beverages Aquaculture Business investment and capital Child care and development Child health Computers and information technology Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Energy efficiency and conservation Food assistance and relief Food industry and services Fruit and vegetables Government lending and loan guarantees Health promotion and preventive care Indian social and development programs Land transfers Libraries and archives Lighting, heating, cooling Marketing and advertising Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Minority and disadvantaged businesses Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers National and community service Nutrition and diet Performance measurement Poverty and welfare assistance Preschool education Public-private cooperation Retail and wholesale trades Small business Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Teaching, teachers, curricula Unemployment Urban and suburban affairs and development Water quality Agriculture and Food 00 2013-05-09 Introduced in House 2013-07-08T19:11:30Z Let's Grow Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) (Secretary) to carry out the Green and Healthy Corner Store Initiative to assist qualified convenience stores to expand their offering of fruits and vegetables.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to provide access to farmers' markets for communities with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly areas of predominantly lower-income communities.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a pilot grant program to allow local and tribal governments to conduct food security assessments.

Directs the Secretary, regarding the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program), to: (1) establish hunger-free communities incentive grants to improve participant access to local fruits and vegetables by providing point-of-purchase incentives, and (2) provide grants to urban farmers' markets for installation of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) systems.

Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for SNAP research, demonstration, and evaluations.

Directs the Secretary to make grants for a Farm-to-Preschool program that fosters the connection between preschools, Head Start programs, childcare or day care centers, kindergarten readiness programs and in-home care facilities with small- or medium-sized agricultural producers to develop an industry-leading preschool nutrition education and meal program.

Establishes in USDA a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to: (1) improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas; (2) create and preserve quality jobs; and (3) revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to eligible food retailers to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved, urban, suburban, and rural areas.

Directs the Secretary to provide grants for urban and Native American community gardens.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make grants to convert abandoned or foreclosed property to urban agricultural use; (2) enter into an agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service to provide the Corporation with funds to support the creation of the HarvestCorps program; and (3) make grants to establish urban farms, gardens, or aquacultural or other facilities for the production of agricultural or aquacultural products or the raising of livestock for sale in the urban area.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to: (1) assist nonprofit organizations purchase and convert publicly owned land in underserved areas for use as urban farms or community gardens, and (2) implement urban agricultural workforce training programs.

Extends certain payment assistance and conservation access provisions to socially disadvantaged urban farmers and ranchers.

Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) an urban entrepreneurship and microenterprise program, and (2) a local farm business and market garden competitive loan program.

Directs the Secretary to provide commodities to specified nonprofits to provide nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and during extended school holidays during the school year. (At-risk school children are those who participate in the school lunch program and reside in an area served by a school in which at least 50% of the students receive free or reduced price meals under the school lunch or breakfast programs.)

Extends: (1) the commodity supplemental food program, and (2) the emergency food assistance program.

Directs the Secretary to provide grants: (1) for equipment and technology to increase food bank efficiency; and (2) to schools, museums, and libraries to increase energy efficiency.

]]> Let's Grow Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Let's Grow Act of 2013 Display Title Let's Grow Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To provide assistance and opportunity for the creation and support of sustainable agriculture activities in America's cities and to improve access to nutrition in America's cities. Introduced in House 2013-05-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr1933ih/xml/BILLS-113hr1933ih.xml 2013-07-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. 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.