H.R. 2364 - Local Food and Farm Support Act
Agriculture. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
- Sponsor:
- Earl Blumenauer
- Summary:
- To promote expanded economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers through local and regional markets, expand access to healthy food in underserved communities, provide access to locally and regionally grown food for schools, institutions, and consumers, and strengthen rural-urban linkages, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has been introduced.
There have been no votes on this bill.
Local Food and Farm Support Act
H.R. 2364 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)
- Summary
- To promote expanded economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers through local and regional markets, expand access to healthy food in underserved communities, provide access to locally and regionally grown food for schools, institutions, and consumers, and strengthen rural-urban linkages, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To promote expanded economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers through local and regional markets, expand access to healthy food in underserved communities, provide access to locally and regionally grown food for schools, institutions, and consumers, and strengthen rural-urban linkages, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Local Food and Farm Support Act
- Sponsor
- Earl Blumenauer
- Co-Sponsors
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Aged
- Agribusiness
- Agricultural credit
- Agricultural subsidies
- Budgets
- Business
- Children
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economic policy
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Families
- Family farms
- Farmers
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance
- Food
- Food stamps
- Fruit
- Gardening
- Government lending
- Marketing of farm produce
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Produce trade
- Rural affairs
- Rural economic development
- School lunch program
- Small business
- Urban affairs
- Urban areas
- Vegetables
- WIC program
- Welfare
- Women
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 5/17/2007 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 5/17/2007 5/17/2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1078) 5/17/2007 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. 5/17/2007 Referred to House Agriculture 5/17/2007 Referred to House Education and Labor 5/22/2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5535) 6/06/2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6012) 6/26/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. 6/26/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. 6/26/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research. 6/26/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture. 6/26/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture. 7/17/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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