3.0.0 3562 2022-11-01T13:50:48Z 2022-11-01T13:50:48Z House HR 2019-06-27 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 109 (Thursday, June 27, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. FUDGE:H.R. 3562.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with thepower to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and amongthe several states, and with the Indian tribes.''[Page H5259]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-06-27T13:00:12Z Farm to School Act of 2019 116 2026 S 2019-06-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4633) Identical bill CRS 2019-06-27 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2019-06-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-06-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000455 Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] Marcia Fudge D OH L. 11 N F000449 Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] Jeff Fortenberry R NE 1 2019-06-27 True W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2019-07-09 False D000630 Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19] Antonio Delgado D NY 19 2019-07-11 False P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 2019-07-17 False K000389 Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] Ro Khanna D CA 17 2019-07-23 False L000588 Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17] Conor Lamb D PA 17 2019-09-16 False S001216 Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] Kim Schrier D WA 8 2019-10-17 False C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] Ed Case D HI 1 2019-10-18 False H001081 Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] Jahana Hayes D CT 5 2020-01-29 False A000378 Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3] Cynthia Axne D IA 3 2020-02-18 False S001209 Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] Abigail Spanberger D VA Davis 7 2020-10-13 False Agriculture and Food Aquaculture Child health Congressional oversight Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Higher education Indian social and development programs Nutrition and diet Seafood Teaching, teachers, curricula Agriculture and Food 00 2019-06-27 Introduced in House 2022-01-31T22:30:59Z Farm to School Act of 2019

This bill modifies and expands the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Farm to School 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.

Among other things, the bill

  • reauthorizes the program through FY2025;
  • permits USDA to provide land-grant colleges and universities with grants, research, evaluation, and technical assistance under the program;
  • expands the purposes for grants awarded under the program to include implementing educational activities relating to agriculture, nutrition, or food;
  • requires USDA to provide technical assistance, research, and information to increase awareness of and participation in farm to school programs among agricultural producers, including beginning, veteran, and socially disadvantaged farmers;
  • directs USDA to seek to improve local food procurement and distribution options for agricultural producers and eligible institutions;
  • authorizes USDA to fund projects that include innovative approaches to aggregation, processing, transportation, and distribution;
  • establishes new limitations on the amount and duration of grants; and
  • limits funds that may be used for administrative costs.
]]> Farm to School Act of 2019 Display Title Farm to School Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reauthorize the farm to school program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Farm to School Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr3562ih/xml/BILLS-116hr3562ih.xml 2019-06-27 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.