3.0.0 3605 2023-01-11T13:42:45Z 2023-01-11T13:42:45Z Senate S 2020-05-05 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-05T19:23:57Z 2020-05-05 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2020-05-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-05-20 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-05-20 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-06-09 False R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-09-16 False Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 00 2020-05-05 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-22T19:22:09Z Food Bank Access to Farm Fresh Produce Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to provide specialty crop block grants to each of the 20 states that have produced the highest quantity of specialty crops during the most recent three-year period to fund certain state food banks and food access networks.

The grants may only be used to (1) procure and distribute specialty crops; (2) purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire vehicles, including refrigerated vehicles, or other equipment to carry out activities related to procurement and distribution of specialty crops; (3) pay for the cost of additional personnel; (4) pay for travel relating to procurement of specialty crops; and (5) pay for preparation, storage, and transportation of specialty crops, including delivery to end-consumers.

Each grant provided to a state shall be not less than $100 million.

]]> Food Bank Access to Farm Fresh Produce Act of 2020 Display Title Food Bank Access to Farm Fresh Produce Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Food Bank Access to Farm Fresh Produce Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to provide specialty crop block grants to fund State food banks and food access networks. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3605is/xml/BILLS-116s3605is.xml 2020-05-05 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.