3.0.0 1947 2023-01-11T13:38:16Z 2023-01-11T13:38:16Z Senate S 2017-10-05 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-10-05T19:40:05Z Local FARMS Act 115 3941 HR 2017-10-04 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. Related bill CRS To authorize appropriations for the seniors farmers' market nutrition program for fiscal years 2019 through 2023. 115 5316 HR 2018-04-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. Related bill CRS 2017-10-05 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2017-10-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2018-01-30 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-06-12 False Agriculture and Food Aging Agricultural education Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural practices and innovations Agricultural research Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Government lending and loan guarantees Licensing and registrations Livestock Meat Nutrition and diet Public-private cooperation Rural conditions and development Solid waste and recycling Veterans' pensions and compensation Agriculture and Food 00 2017-10-05 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-23T18:58:35Z Local Food And Regional Market Supply Act or the Local FARMS Act

This bill consolidates, modifies, and authorizes several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to expand regional or local food markets and implement food safety practices.

The bill authorizes and provides mandatory funding for a new Agricultural Market Development Program that is administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and consolidates:

  • the Farmers' Market and Local Food Promotion Program,
  • Value-Added Producer Grants,
  • regional food chain coordination, and
  • public-private partnerships to plan and develop regional food systems.

The bill modifies the Food Safety Outreach Program to move the program to the AMS, provide mandatory funding, and expand the project priorities.

The bill also:

  • establishes a national food safety cost-share program;
  • reauthorizes the National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program;
  • authorizes rural development grants and loans to be used for meat, dairy, and poultry processing infrastructure;
  • allows institutions participating in the school food programs to use locally grown, locally raised, or locally caught as a product specification;
  • authorizes grants for produce prescription programs for low-income individuals and households; and
  • reauthorizes the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program and expands eligibility to include low-income veterans.

The bill modifies the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program to: (1) require the majority of funds to be reserved for national or regional programs involving multiple states, and (2) expand the purposes of the program to include food waste reduction.

]]> Local FARMS Act Display Title Local FARMS Act Short Titles as Introduced Local FARMS Act Short Titles as Introduced Local Food and Regional Market Supply Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve food safety, to encourage greater production of agricultural commodities for use in the locality of production, to reauthorize and expand Department of Agriculture support of those efforts, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1947is/xml/BILLS-115s1947is.xml 2017-10-05 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.