H.R. 4425 · 115th Congress
Food and Farm Act
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This bill reauthorizes and modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that address:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Nov 16, 2017
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Food and Farm Act
Latest action (Nov 16, 2017): 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.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 16, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.