3.0.0 2026 2022-11-01T13:50:49Z 2022-11-01T13:50:49Z Senate S 2019-06-27 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-27T18:55:24Z Farm to School Act of 2019 116 3562 HR 2019-06-27 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Identical bill CRS 2019-06-27 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 S4633) IntroReferral 2019-06-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2019-06-27 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-06-27 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-06-27 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-07-31 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-08-01 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-09-12 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2019-09-25 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2019-10-31 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-11-05 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-12-02 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 Senate 2022-01-31T22:25:45Z 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 Short Title(s) as Introduced Farm to School Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to reauthorize the farm to school program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2026is/xml/BILLS-116s2026is.xml 2019-06-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4633) 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.