School Food Modernization Act
Latest action · Jul 8, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 26, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
School Food Modernization Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the school lunch program, tribal organizations, or consortia of such entities to finance the construction, remodeling, or expansion of infrastructure or the purchase of durable equipment that will facilitate their provision of healthy meals through the school breakfast and lunch programs. Requires the Secretary to give a preference to applicants that, compared with other applicants, demonstrate a substantial or disproportionate need for food service infrastructure or durable equipment. Prohibits a loan guarantee from covering more than 90% of a loan's principal.
Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary to award competitive grants to assist LEAs participating in the school lunch program, tribal organizations, or consortia of such entities in purchasing the durable equipment and infrastructure they need to serve healthier meals and improve food safety. Gives grant priority to applicants that serve a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced price meals under the school lunch program.
Directs the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to experienced third-party training institutions to provide school food service personnel with the training and technical assistance they need to meet updated school lunch program nutrition standards.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 26, 2013 to Dec 11, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Original | Apr 26, 2013 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jun 25, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Mar 12, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | May 9, 2014 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Gloria Negrete McLeod | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Sep 11, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Joe Garcia | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Nov 12, 2014 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Dec 11, 2014 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2013 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Jul 8, 2013 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Apr 26, 2013 |
| General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- May 22, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
- Apr 26, 2013Introduced in House
- Apr 26, 2013Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2394.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44390 | The Role of Local and Regional Food Systems in U.S. Farm Policy Archived | Report | Feb 18, 2016 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2210 | School Food Modernization Act | Related bill | Apr 3, 2014 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities, training school food service personnel, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- School Food Modernization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
