School Food Modernization Act
Latest action · Aug 11, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
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.
- IntroducedJul 9, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
School Food Modernization Act
This bill provides for loan guarantees and grants to support healthy meals under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.
The bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies (LEAs), school food authorities, tribal organizations, and other eligible entities to finance infrastructure improvements or equipment purchases to facilitate their provision of healthy meals through the school meal programs.
USDA must also award competitive matching grants to assist LEAs, school food authorities, and tribal organizations in purchasing the durable equipment and infrastructure they need to serve healthier meals and improve food safety.
USDA must give preference under both programs to applicants that demonstrate a substantial or disproportionate need for food service infrastructure or durable equipment, and shall establish fees for the loan guarantee program.
In addition, USDA must 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 (1) meet or exceed nutrition standards under the school meal programs, and (2) improve the efficacy and efficiency of the school meal programs.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 9, 2021 to Nov 29, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Jul 9, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jul 30, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Aug 20, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Aug 27, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Sep 3, 2021 | |
| R-KY | James Comer | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'i Kahele | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Dec 16, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Feb 9, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jun 15, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jun 17, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jun 21, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 19, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Nov 29, 2022 |
Committees 3
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 Jul 9, 2021 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jul 9, 2021 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Aug 11, 2021 | |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Jul 9, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 11, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
- Jul 9, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 9, 2021Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Appropriations, 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 Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 120, July 9, 2021, page H3617.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 876 | School Food Modernization Act of 2021 | Related bill | Mar 18, 2021 |
| HR 3444 | School Food Modernization Act | Reintroduction of | Jul 15, 2019 |
| S 4380 | Military Vehicle Fleet Electrification Act | Related bill | Jun 13, 2022 |
| HR 4483 | School Food Modernization Act | Reintroduced Bill | Aug 21, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make loan guarantees and grants to finance certain improvements to school lunch facilities, to train school food service personnel, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- School Food Modernization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2021Introduced 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.
