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(1) BUREAU-FUNDED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘bu-
reau-funded school’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 1146 of the Education Amendments 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2026). 
(2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble organization’’ means an organization with exper-
tise in developing and maintaining a virtual farmers 
market. 
(3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(4) FOOD DESERT.—The term ‘‘food desert’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 7527(a) 
of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
(Public law 110–234). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(6) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 
means the Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of Education, acting jointly. 
(7) SWIPE CARD STATIONS.—The term ‘‘swipe 
card stations’’ may include support for the use of 
electronic benefit transfer cards. 
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(8) VIRTUAL
FARMERS
MARKET.—The term 
‘‘virtual farmers market’’ means an online grocery 
store that enables individuals to purchase foods from 
local farms and distributors. 
SEC. 405. URBAN AND NATIVE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY GAR-
DEN GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—From the amounts 
appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall award grants to eligible entities to ex-
pand, establish, or maintain urban community gardens. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For purposes of this section, 
an eligible entity means— 
(1) a private or for-profit organization; or 
(2) a unit of general local government, or tribal 
government, located on tribal land or in a low-in-
come community. 
(c) APPLICATION.—In order to receive a grant under 
this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary 
an application at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may require, in-
cluding— 
(1) an assurance that priority for hiring for 
jobs created by the expansion, establishment, or 
maintenance of an urban community garden funded 
with a grant received under this section will be given 
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to individuals who reside in the community where 
the garden is located; and 
(2) a demonstration that the eligible entity is 
committed to providing non-Federal financial or in- 
kind support (such as providing a water supply) for 
the urban community garden for which the entity re-
ceives funds under this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘low- 
income communities’’ includes— 
(A) communities with a high percentage of 
children eligible for free and reduced priced 
lunches under the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 
and 
(B) any other communities determined by 
the Secretaries to be low-income for purposes of 
this section. 
(2) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 
The term ‘‘unit of general local government’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 102 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5302). 
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TITLE V—REALIGNING TRANS-
PORTATION POLICY TO HELP 
PROMOTE 
HEALTHY 
LIFE-
STYLES 
SEC. 501. GRANTS TO PROMOTE PLANNING DECISIONS AND 
POLICIES THAT INCREASE ACCESS TO PHYS-
ICAL ACTIVITY. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Transportation may 
make grants to eligible entities for the purpose of assisting 
local planning decisions and policies that increase the ac-
cess of individuals to physical activity. 
(b) ACTIVITIES UNDER GRANTS.—The activities of 
eligible entities that may be funded by a grant under sub-
section (a) include the following: 
(1) The coordination of activities carried out by 
local government officials (including planning, public 
works, housing, and transportation officials), school 
boards, and others to increase the access of individ-
uals to physical activity through— 
(A) improved integration of land use, hous-
ing, transportation, and infrastructure plan-
ning; and 
(B) consideration of impacts on physical 
activity levels during such planning. 
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(2) The formulation of strategies to establish 
and implement— 
(A) plans and policies that increase infra-
structure for pedestrians and bicyclists to con-
nect such individuals to schools, recreation op-
portunities, jobs, and retail opportunities, in-
cluding policies requiring developers to build 
sidewalks and bicycle lanes; or 
(B) plans and policies that place schools 
within neighborhoods and provide bike paths, 
sidewalks, trails, and other infrastructure to en-
courage and make possible the walking and bi-
cycling to school of students and staff. 
(3) The carrying out of health impact assess-
ments with respect to proposals for the placement or 
construction of buildings, sidewalks, roads, trails, 
schools, or other aspects of the built environment. 
(c) REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives a grant under subsection (a) shall submit to 
Congress and the Secretary of Transportation a re-
port on the extent to which such grant has— 
(A) led to planning decisions and policies 
that increase the access of individuals to phys-
ical activity; and 
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