Agriculture And Food
US Congress 116th Congress
Farm System Reform Act of 2020 [HB-6718]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To place a moratorium on large concentrated animal feeding operations, to strengthen the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to require country of origin labeling on beef, pork, and dairy products, and for other purposes.
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Relief for America's Small Farmers Act [S.3602]
[Agriculture ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
A bill to provide loan forgiveness for certain borrowers of Department of Agriculture direct farm loans, and for other purposes.
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Food Bank Access to Farm Fresh Produce Act of 2020 [S.3605]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
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.
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Food for Families in Crisis Act of 2020 [HB-6722]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
To strengthen Federal nutrition assistance programs as automatic stabilizers, and for other purposes.
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SNAP COVID–19 Anti-Hunger Restaurant Relief for You Act of 2020 [HB-6688]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
To modify the Restaurant Meals Program under the supplemental nutrition assistance program in response to COVID-19, and for other purposes.
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Relief for America's Small Farmers Act [HB-6683]
[Agriculture ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
To provide loan forgiveness for certain borrowers of Department of Agriculture direct farm loans, and for other purposes.
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To provide for a waiver of the matching funds requirement for the farmers market and local food promotion program and value added producer grant program. [HB-6682]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
Waives matching funds requirements for entities that receive grants from the Department of Agriculture through the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program or the Value-Added Producer Grant program. The matching funds requirements shall not apply with respect to grants awarded during the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on December 31, 2021.
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Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes. [HB-6611]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
[Food ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
Provides $50 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support agricultural producers impacted by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The supplemental appropriations are designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. USDA may not apply any payment limitations to payments made to producers using funding provided by this bill, except to ensure that the total payments made to producers do not exceed the total damages related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Recognizing the important role Victory Gardens played in America's World War efforts and reaffirming their purpose as essential to strengthening food security, health education, and community morale during the 2020 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis. [HR-937]
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[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
This resolution recognizes (1) the importance of the health consciousness, food security, and community morale that is spurred by planting of Victory Gardens; and (2) that the Department of Agriculture should collaborate with the House of Representatives to encourage citizens to plant Victory Gardens and to supply seeds, preserving materials, and manuals to help citizens grow and preserve crops from their Victory Gardens during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) crisis.
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Emergency Ensuring Access to SNAP (EATS) Act of 2020 [HB-6565]
[Food ]
[Education ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
To ensure that low-income college students are eligible for emergency supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.
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Food for Working Families Act of 2020 [HB-6582]
[Food ]
[Unemployment ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Revises the requirements for calculating income under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to exclude from income and resources emergency federal pandemic unemployment compensation paid to an individual under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
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Fresh Produce for Kids in Need Act [HB-6564]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Modifies food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture to include the fresh fruit and vegetable program as a qualified program for purposes of allowing certain waivers of program requirements for the school meal programs due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
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CARE for Kids Act of 2020 Caregivers, Access, and Responsible Expansion for Kids Act of 2020 [HB-6536]
[Food ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to enhance direct certification under the school lunch program.
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SNAP Online Purchasing Flexibility Act of 2020 [HB-6510]
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[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
Directs the Department of Agriculture to authorize all states to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) online purchasing program during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The program allows approved retail food stores to accept SNAP benefits through online transactions.
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Suspend School Meal Debt Act [HB-6430]
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[Education ]
[Food ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Directs the Department of Agriculture to reimburse each school food authority and local educational agency participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program for unpaid meal fees owed to the authority or agency as of the date of the enactment of this bill. The bill also prohibits each school food authority and local educational agency from collecting unpaid meal fees or using a debt collector to collect such fees during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The prohibition ends 30
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Food Assistance for Kids and Families During COVID-19 Act of 2020 [HB-6445]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Agriculture ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Modifies food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The bill modifies the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to require USDA to (1) notify retailers of the existing opportunities through which they can deliver groceries to SNAP participants; and (2) authorize public-private partnerships between itself, authorized SNAP retailers, and community-based organizations to support grocery delivery during the COVID-19 national
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Community Meals Fund [HB-6384]
[Agriculture ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Small Business ]
[Community Development ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Economic Development ]
Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to award grants to community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups to partner with small and mid-sized restaurants or food contractors to expand meal access and food security to meet the needs of children, families, and vulnerable populations during a pandemic such as COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Grants awarded may not exceed $500,000.
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Food Assistance for Kids and Families During COVID-19 Act of 2020 [S.3563]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Agriculture ]
Modifies food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to address COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). The bill modifies the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to require USDA to (1) notify retailers of the existing opportunities through which they can deliver groceries to SNAP participants; and (2) authorize public-private partnerships between itself, authorized SNAP retailers, and community-based organizations to support grocery delivery during the national emergency
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A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide payments to cattle producers to offset losses due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and for other purposes. [S.3552]
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Requires the Farm Service Agency to provide payments to producers that sold feeder cattle or live cattle during any month in calendar year 2020 to offset losses due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, payments must be provided (1) in the case of feeder cattle, if the average national sale price per hundredweight for feeder cattle for that month is less than $150; and (2) in the case of live cattle, if the average national sale price per hundredweight for live cattle for that month is less than $121. A producer may receive
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No Welfare for Terrorists Act of 2020 [S.3460]
[Food ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Law Enforcement ]
A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to disqualify certain convicted felons from eligibility in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.