Urban Agriculture Healthy Food and Entrepreneur Act
Latest action · Dec 16, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedNov 26, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Urban Agriculture Healthy Food and Entrepreneur Act
This bill addresses Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs relating to urban agricultural production.
Specifically, the bill
- directs USDA to establish an urban agriculture conservation easement program for (1) the conservation of certain private or tribal land, (2) improved community food security, (3) improved access to cropland for beginning farmers or ranchers, and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers; and (4) majority-controlled producer-based business ventures through easements or other interest in land;
- establishes an urban agriculture microentrepreneur assistance program to provide loans and grants to support microentrepreneurs in the development and ongoing success of urban agriculture microenterprises;
- extends authority for USDA to assist nonprofit entities establish and carry out community food projects;
- modifies USDA requirements for the national school food programs relating to the purchases of locally produced food; and
- increases funding for USDA's Farm to School Program.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 26, 2019 to Dec 10, 2019; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Nov 26, 2019 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Nov 26, 2019 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Dec 10, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Nov 26, 2019 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Dec 16, 2019 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Nov 26, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Nov 26, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 26, 2019Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H9180H.R. 5266–5276 | — | Nov 26, 2019 |
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 Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 189, November 26, 2019, page H9180.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the enhancement of urban agriculture, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Urban Agriculture Healthy Food and Entrepreneur Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agriculture and Food
- Child health
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Farmland
- Food assistance and relief
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Land use and conservation
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Small business
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 26, 2019Introduced 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.
