3.0.0 1724 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z 2023-01-11T13:38:48Z Senate S 2017-08-02 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-08-02T21:53:26Z Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act 115 4260 HR 2017-12-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. Identical bill CRS 2017-08-02 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. N M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2017-08-02 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2017-08-02 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2017-08-02 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2017-10-04 False Taxation Agricultural marketing and promotion Food assistance and relief Food industry and services Government information and archives Income tax credits Nutrition and diet Retail and wholesale trades Taxation 00 2017-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2018-03-12T20:36:54Z Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits and grants for activities that provide access to healthy food in food deserts.

A food desert must be more than 1 mile away from a grocery store in a metropolitan area or more than 10 miles away outside of a metropolitan area. It must also meet population requirements and have either a poverty rate of at least 20% or a median family income that does not exceed 80% of the median for the state or metropolitan area.

For entities that are certified by the Department of the Treasury as special access food providers using specified criteria, the bill allows tax credits for operating a new grocery store or renovating an existing grocery store in a food desert. The bill also authorizes grants for a portion of: (1) the construction costs of building a permanent food bank in a food desert, and (2) the annual operating costs of temporary access merchants (mobile markets, farmers markets, and food banks).

Treasury, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture (USDA), must annually allocate the tax credits and grants to special access food providers. Grants authorized by this bill are not considered gross income for tax purposes.

The bill also amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to require USDA to update the Food Access Research Atlas at least annually to account for food retailers that are placed in service during that year.

]]> Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act Display Title Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act Short Titles as Introduced Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a new tax credit and grant program to stimulate investment and healthy nutrition options in food deserts, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1724is/xml/BILLS-115s1724is.xml 2017-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.