Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-760
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-03-09
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 760 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 9, 2023 Mr. Casey (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to authorize mandatory funding for the Healthy Food Financing Initiative.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2023 . 2. Healthy Food Financing Initiative Section 243 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 6953 ) is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: (d) 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. .