Title: Farm to Fridge Act
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

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.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7035 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7035

    To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for 
 emergency supplemental funding under local agriculture market program 
              for COVID-19 losses, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 27, 2020

  Ms. Meng (for herself and Mr. Upton) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for 
 emergency supplemental funding under local agriculture market program 
              for COVID-19 losses, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Farm to Fridge Act''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING UNDER LOCAL AGRICULTURE MARKET 
              PROGRAM FOR COVID-19 LOSSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 210A(d) of the Agricultural Marketing Act 
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1627c(d)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(7) Payments for covid-19 losses.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may make payments 
                to entities eligible to receive a grant under this 
                paragraph (5) or (6) who submit to the Secretary an 
                application at such time, in such manner, and 
                containing--
                            ``(i) a description of how the applicant's 
                        business has been impacted by COVID-19;
                            ``(ii) 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
                            ``(iii) such other information as the 
                        Secretary may require.
                    ``(B) Applicability of limitations.--A payment 
                under this paragraph shall not be subject to the 
                limitations specified under subparagraphs (D) and (E) 
                of paragraphs (5) and (6).
                    ``(C) Buy american.--Chapter 83 of title 41, United 
                States Code, shall apply with respect to purchases made 
                using payments received under this paragraph.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 210A(i)(3)(A) of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1627c(i)(3)(A)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) Payments for covid-19 losses.--
                        There are authorized to be appropriated, in 
                        addition to the amounts made available under 
                        paragraph (2), to provide payments under 
                        subsection (d)(7)--
                                    ``(I) $20,000,000 for payments to 
                                entities eligible to receive a grant 
                                under subsection (d)(5); and
                                    ``(II) $14,000,000 for payments to 
                                entities eligible to receive a grant 
                                under subsection (d)(6).''.
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