US Congress House Bill 3006 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 22 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Pending: House Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

School Food Modernization Act This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct 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 lunch program. USDA must give preference 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 that are sufficient to cover the federal government's administrative costs in operating the program. USDA must also award competitive matching grants to assist LEAs, school food authorities, tribal organizations, and other eligible entities in purchasing the durable equipment and infrastructure they need to serve healthier meals and improve food safety. In doing so, USDA must give grant priority to applicants that: (1) have identified and are reasonably expected to meet an unmet local or community need, and (2) are located in states that have enacted funding measures to assist them with such purchases. 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 school lunch program nutrition standards, and (2) improve the efficacy and efficiency of the school lunch and breakfast programs. The bill authorizes these grant and loan programs through FY2022. USDA must complete a study on the use of state administrative expense funds. The bill also rescinds $35 million of the Department of Education's unobligated balance available for administrative expenses.

School Food Modernization Act

Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
2017-06-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
2017-06-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
2017-06-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
2017-06-22	House	Introduced in House

SB1402 (Related) 2017-06-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3689)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3006/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3006/BILLS-115hr3006ih.pdf