3.0.0 4140 2023-01-11T13:45:42Z 2023-01-11T13:45:42Z Senate S 2020-07-01 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-01T22:56:30Z 2020-07-01 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2020-07-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-07-21 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-08-06 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Community life and organization Department of Agriculture Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Food assistance and relief Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Fruit and vegetables Government lending and loan guarantees Infectious and parasitic diseases Minority and disadvantaged businesses Nutrition and diet Retail and wholesale trades Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Agriculture and Food 00 2020-07-01 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-23T18:36:45Z Local Food Assistance and Resilient Markets Act of 2020 or the Local FARM Act of 2020

This bill addresses provisions related to programs of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), including the Specialty Block Grant Program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program), the Loan Agriculture Market Program, and the Farm Microloan Program.

USDA must provide grants to states under the Specialty Block Grant Program to procure and distribute specialty crops to needy persons at zero cost to those persons. Each grant distributed shall not exceed $2.5 million.

The Food and Nutrition Service of USDA must distribute grants to state agencies to develop tools and provide technical assistance to (1) increase the quantity of retailers that accept and redeem SNAP benefits online, and (2) expand the capacity of retailers to accept and redeem SNAP benefits online.

The bill temporarily reduces the matching funds requirement for certain nutrition programs under the Local Agriculture Market Program. Additionally, the bill expands funding under such program to include (1) providing grants to organizations that serve socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers, and (2) making payments to certain entities for COVID-19-related losses.

The bill also extends the Farm Microloan Program and temporarily waives certain eligibility requirements for the program during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

]]> Local FARM Act of 2020 Display Title Local FARM Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Local FARM Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Local Food Assistance and Resilient Markets Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide additional emergency funding for certain nutrition programs. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4140is/xml/BILLS-116s4140is.xml 2020-07-01 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.