H.R. 5017 · 115th Congress
Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2018
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Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2018
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 14, 2018
Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2018
This bill amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to reauthorize and modify the Healthy Food Financing Initiative. The initiative authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide financial and technical assistance to food retailers, farmers markets, cooperatives, and other entities for projects to improve access to healthy food in underserved communities.
The purposes of the initiative include:
- improving access to, and expanding the supply of, healthy food in low-income, underserved communities;
- creating and preserving quality jobs and businesses;
- revitalizing distressed rural, urban, and small town economies;
- supporting the development of local and regional food systems;
- increasing the distribution of locally produced agricultural products; and
- strengthening farm-to-consumer relationships.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2018
Latest action (Mar 8, 2018): Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 14, 2018
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.