Agriculture And Food
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Farm to Food Bank Enhancement Act of 2020 [HB-6757]
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To provide additional agricultural products for distribution by emergency feeding organizations during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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End Pandemic Hunger for College Students Act of 2020 [HB-6756]
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To modify the eligibility standards applicable to low-income college students under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 during COVID-19 public health emergency.
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Recognizing the United Chinese Americans' nationwide food drive and the contributions of Chinese Americans to the United States. [HR-956]
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This resolution (1) recognizes the significance of the Chinese-American community as an integral component of the rich diversity and strength of the United States, (2) recognizes the United Chinese Americans' nationwide Food of Love Day meal drive, and (3) honors the Chinese-American community for its community service and philanthropic efforts during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health crisis.
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Farmers-Feeding-Families Coronavirus Response Act [S.3655]
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Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use specified federal funding to purchase specialty crops, dairy, meat, and poultry products from specific agricultural producers relying on markets affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to provide to food assistance programs, including the Emergency Food Assistance Program. USDA must also provide additional funding to the states for the purpose of procuring food products to support food assistance programs within each state. USDA and the states must use at least 10% of the funding
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Suspend School Meal Debt Act of 2020 [S.3651]
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Prohibits each school food authority and local educational agency participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program from collecting unpaid school meal fees (including late fees associated with unpaid meals) 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 days after the date on which the public health emergency is terminated. Additionally, the Department of Agriculture must reimburse each school food authority and
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To amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to raise the borrowing limit of the Commodity Credit Corporation. [HB-6728]
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Raises the borrowing limit of the Commodity Credit Corporation from $30 billion to $68 billion.
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Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act [HB-6725]
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Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use specified federal funding to purchase specialty crops, dairy, meat, and poultry products from specific agricultural producers relying on markets affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to provide to food assistance programs, including the Emergency Food Assistance Program. USDA must also provide additional funding to the states for the purpose of procuring food products to support food assistance programs within each state. USDA and the states must use at least 10% of the funding
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Farm System Reform Act of 2020 [HB-6718]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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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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]
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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]
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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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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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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to enhance direct certification under the school lunch program.