3.0.0 3005 2023-01-11T13:42:12Z 2023-01-11T13:42:12Z Senate S 2018-06-06 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-06-06T19:28:52Z 2018-06-06 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2018-06-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2018-06-06 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2018-06-06 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-06-06 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2018-06-06 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2018-06-06 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2018-06-06 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2018-06-06 True Agriculture and Food Advisory bodies Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural insurance Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural practices and innovations Executive agency funding and structure Food assistance and relief Government studies and investigations Research and development Rural conditions and development Soil pollution Urban and suburban affairs and development Agriculture and Food 00 2018-06-06 Introduced in Senate 2019-04-15T23:15:02Z Urban Agriculture Act of 2018

This bill establishes an Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production within the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural practices.

The bill also makes farmers developing innovative agricultural production practices and using traditional practices in innovative areas such as urban areas eligible for various USDA loan and grant programs.

USDA must work with producers to mitigate the presence of contaminants in soil by taking several specified actions, such as establishing a coordinated soil testing protocol, coordinating and conducting research, and providing soil assessment and remediation technical assistance.

The bill establishes various USDA pilot projects, including programs to:

  • establish urban and suburban county committees,
  • increase municipal compost and food waste reduction activities; and
  • strengthen marketplace links between healthy food consumption, good environmental practices, and direct public health outcomes.
]]> Urban Agriculture Act of 2018 Display Title Urban Agriculture Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production practices, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Urban Agriculture Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3005is/xml/BILLS-115s3005is.xml 2018-06-06 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.