Farm to Fridge Act

Summary

Farm to Fridge Act This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide grants to eligible entities under the local agriculture market program for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) losses. Eligible entities must submit USDA an application containing (1) a description of how the applicant's business has been impacted by COVID-19, (2) a narrative explaining how the applicant proposes to use such payments to expand the capacity of their sales in order to properly package and sell agricultural products to consumers either through grocery stores or direct sale, and (3) other information as USDA may require.

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Timeline

1. 27 May 2020

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 27 May 2020

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E492-493)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 27 May 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 27 May 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 27 May 2020 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 May 2020

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 May 2020

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 27 May 2020

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Sponsors

• Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] · D · Sponsor
• FRED UPTON · R · Sponsor
• · hsag00 · Standing

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