US Congress Senate Bill 821 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on April 25 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Healthy Food Financing Initiative - Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide assistance in order to: (1) improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas; (2) create and preserve quality jobs; and (3) revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to eligible food retailers to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved, urban, suburban, and rural areas.

Healthy Food Financing Initiative

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. William Cowan [D-MA]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-25	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/821/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s821/BILLS-113s821is.pdf