3.0.0 1402 2023-01-11T13:37:35Z 2023-01-11T13:37:35Z Senate S 2017-06-21 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-21T22:33:41Z School Food Modernization Act 115 3006 HR 2017-07-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. Related bill CRS 2017-06-21 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3689) IntroReferral 2017-06-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2017-06-21 True Agriculture and Food Appropriations Child health Congressional oversight Department of Education Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Executive agency funding and structure Food assistance and relief Food supply, safety, and labeling Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance School administration State and local finance User charges and fees Agriculture and Food 00 2017-06-21 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-19T14:27:15Z School Food Modernization Act

This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies (LEAs), school food authorities, tribal organizations, and other eligible entities to finance infrastructure improvements or equipment purchases to facilitate their provision of healthy meals through the school lunch program. USDA must give preference to applicants that demonstrate a substantial or disproportionate need for food service infrastructure or durable equipment, and shall establish fees for the loan guarantee program that are sufficient to cover the federal government's administrative costs in operating the program.

USDA must also award competitive matching grants to assist LEAs, school food authorities, tribal organizations, and other eligible entities in purchasing the durable equipment and infrastructure they need to serve healthier meals and improve food safety. In doing so, USDA must give grant priority to applicants that: (1) have identified and are reasonably expected to meet an unmet local or community need, and (2) are located in states that have enacted funding measures to assist them with such purchases.

In addition, USDA must award competitive matching grants to experienced third-party training institutions to provide school food service personnel with the training and technical assistance they need to: (1) meet school lunch program nutrition standards, and (2) improve the efficacy and efficiency of the school lunch and breakfast programs.

]]> School Food Modernization Act Display Title School Food Modernization Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make loan guarantees and grants to finance certain improvements to school lunch facilities, to train school food service personnel, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced School Food Modernization Act Introduced in Senate 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1402is/xml/BILLS-115s1402is.xml 2017-06-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3689) 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.