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US HR5316

US HR5316
To authorize appropriations for the seniors farmers' market nutrition program for fiscal years 2019 through 2023.


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Introduced
03/15/2018
In Committee
04/30/2018
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

115th Congress

Bill Summary

To authorize appropriations for the seniors farmers' market nutrition program for fiscal years 2019 through 2023. This bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthorize the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program through FY2023. (The program is administered by the Department of Agriculture and awards grants to states, U.S. territories, and Indian tribal governments to provide low-income seniors with coupons that can be exchanged for eligible foods at farmers' markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs.)

AI Summary

This bill reauthorizes the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program through fiscal year 2023. The program, administered by the Department of Agriculture, provides grants to states, U.S. territories, and Indian tribal governments to offer low-income seniors coupons that can be exchanged for eligible foods at farmers' markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs. The bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the program's authorization from its current expiration in 2018 to 2023.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. (on 04/30/2018)

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