3.0.0 1767 2023-01-11T13:38:36Z 2023-01-11T13:38:36Z Senate S 2017-09-06 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-09-06T19:04:11Z Farm to School Act of 2017 115 3687 HR 2017-09-06 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS 2017-09-06 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2017-09-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2017-09-06 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-09-11 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2017-09-11 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2017-09-11 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2017-09-18 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-09-18 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2017-09-27 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2017-09-27 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2017-09-28 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2017-12-12 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2018-01-11 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2018-03-07 False Agriculture and Food Aquaculture Congressional oversight Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Higher education Indian social and development programs Public contracts and procurement Seafood Agriculture and Food 00 2017-09-06 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-04T15:56:32Z Farm to School Act of 2017

This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reauthorize the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Farm to School Program through FY2023 and modify the program. The program currently provides grants and technical assistance to schools, state and local agencies, Indian tribal organizations, agricultural producers, and nonprofit entities to improve access to local foods in schools.

The bill makes schools participating in the Summer Food Service Program for children, the early care and afterschool portions of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the School Breakfast Program eligible to participate in the program. It also permits USDA to provide land-grant colleges and universities with grants, research, and technical assistance under the program.

The purposes for grants awarded under the program are expanded to include agricultural literacy and nutrition education. The bill requires USDA to provide technical assistance, research, and information to increase awareness of and participation in farm to school programs among agricultural producers.

In awarding grants, USDA must seek to improve local food procurement and distribution options for agricultural producers and eligible schools. USDA is permitted to fund projects that include innovative approaches to aggregation, processing, transportation, and distribution.

The bill establishes new limitations on the amount and duration of grants.

The bill also establishes reporting requirements and limits funds that may be used for administrative costs.

]]> Farm to School Act of 2017 Display Title Farm to School Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Farm to School Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the farm to school program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1767is/xml/BILLS-115s1767is.xml 2017-09-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 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.