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Introduced
11/16/2017
11/16/2017
In Committee
11/16/2017
11/16/2017
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018
12/31/2018
Introduced Session
115th Congress
Bill Summary
Food and Farm Act This bill reauthorizes and modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address: commodity support, crop insurance, conservation, food assistance, nutrition, farm credit, beginning farmers and ranchers, food waste, research and educational programs, animal welfare, and regional food systems. The bill modifies agriculture and nutrition policies to: repeal the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program and the Price Loss Coverage Program, impose additional limits on farm subsidies, extend crop insurance premium subsidies to farmers who plant crops to reduce erosion, require recipients of farm subsidies to comply with additional conservation requirements, authorize increased funding for conservation programs, authorize additional assistance under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for organic farmers, establish a loan program for conservation-based structural improvements, increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits, authorize additional assistance for beginning farmers and ranchers, establish the Office of Food Waste within USDA, authorize additional funding for research and education programs, require USDA to comply with certain animal welfare standards at federal agricultural research centers, require USDA to reinstate online posting of Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act enforcement records, and expand grant and loan programs for local and regional food systems.
AI Summary
This bill, the Food and Farm Act, reauthorizes and modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address commodity support, crop insurance, conservation, food assistance, nutrition, farm credit, beginning farmers and ranchers, food waste, research and educational programs, animal welfare, and regional food systems. The key provisions of the bill include:
- Repealing the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program and the Price Loss Coverage Program, imposing additional limits on farm subsidies, and extending crop insurance premium subsidies to farmers who plant crops to reduce erosion.
- Requiring recipients of farm subsidies to comply with additional conservation requirements, authorizing increased funding for conservation programs, and establishing a loan program for conservation-based structural improvements.
- Increasing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and authorizing additional assistance for beginning farmers and ranchers.
- Establishing the Office of Food Waste within USDA to coordinate federal programs to reduce food waste.
- Authorizing additional funding for research and education programs, requiring USDA to comply with certain animal welfare standards at federal agricultural research centers, and expanding grant and loan programs for local and regional food systems.
Overall, the bill aims to reform agriculture and nutrition policies to better support conservation, beginning farmers, food access, and food waste reduction, while modifying commodity and crop insurance programs.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (6)
Earl Blumenauer (D)*,
Pramila Jayapal (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
Tim Ryan (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (on 11/16/2017)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4425/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4425/BILLS-115hr4425ih.pdf |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4425/BILLS-115hr4425ih.pdf.pdf |
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