US Congress House Bill 7035 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 27 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Pending: House Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide grants to eligible entities under the local agriculture market program for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) losses. Eligible entities must submit USDA an application containing (1) a description of how the applicant's business has been impacted by COVID-19, (2) a narrative explaining how the applicant proposes to use such payments to expand the capacity of their sales in order to properly package and sell agricultural products to consumers either through grocery stores or direct sale, and (3) other information as USDA may require.

Farm to Fridge Act

Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]

Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-27	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2020-05-27	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E492-493)
2020-05-27	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7035/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7035/BILLS-116hr7035ih.pdf