3.0.0 3970 2023-01-11T13:46:14Z 2023-01-11T13:46:14Z Senate S 2020-06-16 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-16T21:41:51Z American Farmers, Food Banks, and Families Act of 2020 116 7554 HR 2020-09-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. Identical bill CRS 2020-06-16 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2020-06-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000594 Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA] Kelly Loeffler R GA N Agriculture and Food Administrative law and regulatory procedures Agricultural marketing and promotion Department of Agriculture Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Food assistance and relief Food supply, safety, and labeling Government information and archives Intergovernmental relations Public-private cooperation Agriculture and Food 00 2020-06-16 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-27T17:47:36Z American Farmers, Food Banks, and Families Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the position of Domestic Agriculture Supply Chain Administrator.

The Administrator must

  • carry out activities in the interest of assisting farmers in entering their products into the domestic market;
  • act as a liaison to connect farmers with food banks, schools, grocers, restaurants, and nonprofit organizations to expand domestic market access for organizations that are in need of agricultural products;
  • identify barriers, either regulatory or legal, that prevent or inhibit farmers from entering their products into the domestic market through food distribution networks or other entities; and
  • make recommendations to USDA regarding the means by which to remove such barriers.

Additionally, USDA must establish a catalog or data resource that is capable of recording (1) farms that have excess agricultural products, and (2) food distribution organizations that are in need of certain agricultural products.

]]> American Farmers, Food Banks, and Families Act of 2020 Display Title American Farmers, Food Banks, and Families Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced American Farmers, Food Banks, and Families Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to promote an American agriculture first agenda and establish the position of Domestic Agriculture Supply Chain Administrator in the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture to connect United States farmers with foodbanks, grocers, and nonprofit food distributors during periods of food scarcity, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3970is/xml/BILLS-116s3970is.xml 2020-06-16 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.