[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4030 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4030

To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to establish a 
           community-supported agriculture promotion program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 15, 2010

  Mr. Sanders introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to establish a 
           community-supported agriculture promotion program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE PROMOTION PROGRAM.

    Subtitle A of title X of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008 (122 Stat. 2097; Public Law 110-246) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``SEC. 10110. COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE PROMOTION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) CSA.--The term `CSA' means a farm operated in a 
        manner consistent with community-supported agriculture, as 
        defined by the Secretary.
            ``(2) Low-income area.--The term `low-income area' means a 
        low-income area, as defined by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Program.--The term `Program' means the Community-
        Supported Agriculture Promotion Program established under 
        subsection (b).
    ``(b) Establishment.--The Secretary shall carry out a program, to 
be known as the `Community-Supported Agriculture Promotion Program', to 
promote community-supported agriculture.
    ``(c) Program Purposes.--The purposes of the Program are--
            ``(1) to increase domestic consumption of agricultural 
        commodities by improving and expanding, or assisting in 
        improvement or expansion of, domestic community-supported 
        agriculture programs;
            ``(2) to develop, or aid in the development of, new 
        community-supported agriculture programs;
            ``(3) to promote, or aid in the promotion or development 
        of, new or existing community-supported agriculture programs 
        by--
                    ``(A) facilitating the formation of multi-farm CSAs 
                to increase variety available to members of the CSAs 
                and to allow agricultural producers to concentrate on 
                the production of fewer crops;
                    ``(B) assisting with the development of innovative 
                delivery and distribution programs to increase the 
                desirability and ease of participating in community-
                supported agriculture;
                    ``(C) assisting with promotion of community-
                supported agriculture through workplace wellness 
                initiatives or as a part of employee benefit packages; 
                and
                    ``(D) assisting individual CSAs or groups of CSAs 
                with marketing, outreach, crop development, or other 
                business-related matters; and
            ``(4) to increase participation in CSA in low-income areas 
        or food deserts, as defined by the Secretary.
    ``(d) Eligible Entities.--An entity shall be eligible to receive a 
grant under the Program if the entity is--
            ``(1) a nonprofit corporation;
            ``(2) an agricultural cooperative or producer network or 
        association;
            ``(3) a local government;
            ``(4) a public benefit corporation; or
            ``(5) such other entity as the Secretary may designate.
    ``(e) Criteria and Guidelines.--The Secretary shall establish 
criteria and guidelines for the submission, evaluation, and funding of 
proposed projects under the Program.
    ``(f) Funding.--
            ``(1) In general.--Of the funds of the Commodity Credit 
        Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this 
        section--
                    ``(A) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
                    ``(B) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 
                through 2013; and
                    ``(C) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
                through 2016.
            ``(2) Use of funds.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not less than 50 percent of the 
                funds made available under paragraph (1) to carry out 
                this section during a fiscal year shall be used to 
                support the purposes described in subsection (c) 
                through nonprofit organizations that are specifically 
                dedicated to promoting local or organic agriculture.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--Funds made available under 
                subparagraph (A) may not be used to pay--
                            ``(i) the administrative cost of carrying 
                        out any project; and
                            ``(ii) the cost of the construction of any 
                        structure or the purchase of capital equipment 
                        of any kind.
            ``(3) Interdepartmental coordination.--In carrying out this 
        subsection, the Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent 
        practicable, coordination between the applicable agencies.''.
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