3.0.0 1949 2022-11-01T13:50:56Z 2022-11-01T13:50:56Z Senate S 2019-06-24 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-24T22:48:10Z School Food Modernization Act 116 3444 HR 2019-07-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. Related bill CRS 2019-06-24 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4459) IntroReferral 2019-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-06-24 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-07-24 False Agriculture and Food Appropriations Child health Department of Education Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Executive agency funding and structure Food assistance and relief Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Government lending and loan guarantees Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance School administration State and local finance User charges and fees Agriculture and Food 00 2019-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2022-04-01T15:48:46Z School Food Modernization Act of 2019

This bill provides for loan guarantees and grants to support healthy meals under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.

The bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies (LEAs), school food authorities, tribal organizations, and other eligible entities to finance infrastructure improvements or equipment purchases to facilitate their provision of healthy meals through the school meal programs.

USDA must also award competitive matching grants to assist LEAs, school food authorities, tribal organizations, and other eligible entities in purchasing the durable equipment and infrastructure they need to serve healthier meals and improve food safety.

USDA must give preference under both programs to applicants that demonstrate a substantial or disproportionate need for food service infrastructure or durable equipment, and shall establish fees for the loan guarantee program.

In addition, USDA must award competitive matching grants to experienced third-party training institutions to provide school food service personnel with the training and technical assistance they need to (1) meet or exceed nutrition standards under the school meal programs, and (2) improve the efficacy and efficiency of the school meal programs.

]]> School Food Modernization Act of 2019 Display Title School Food Modernization Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced School Food Modernization Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make loan guarantees and grants to finance certain improvements to school lunch facilities, to train school food service personnel, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1949is/xml/BILLS-116s1949is.xml 2019-06-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4459) 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.