Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1509
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2023-03-09
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2023</b></p> <p> This bill reauthorizes and provides specified funds for the Department of Agriculture's Healthy Food Financing Initiative through FY2028 and for each fiscal year thereafter. (This program provides capacity building and financial resources to eligible healthy food retailers and food supply chain enterprises to assist them in overcoming the high costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved areas.)</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1509 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 9, 2023 Ms. Lee of California (for herself, Ms. Brown , and Mr. Evans ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2023 . 2. Reauthorization of Healthy Food Financing Initiative Section 243(d) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 6953(d) ) is amended to read as follows: (d) Mandatory funding Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section— (1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; (2) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; (3) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; (4) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; and (5) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2028 and each fiscal year thereafter. .