HR 3006 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Appropriations Child health Congressional oversight Department of Education Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Executive agency funding and structure Food assistance and relief Food supply, safety, and labeling Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance School administration State and local finance User charges and fees

School Food Modernization Act

Introduced: June 22, 2017 See on congress.gov

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Jul 11, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

Jun 22, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Jun 22, 2017

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

School Food Modernization Act

This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue loan guarantees to local educational agencies (LEAs), school food authorities, tribal organizations, and other eligible entities to finance infrastructure improvements or equipment purchases to facilitate their provision of healthy meals through the school lunch program. USDA must give preference to applicants that demonstrate a substantial or disproportionate need for food service infrastructure or durable equipment, and shall establish fees for the loan guarantee program that are sufficient to cover the federal government's administrative costs in operating the program.

USDA must also award competitive matching grants to assist LEAs, school food authorities, tribal organizations, and other eligible entities in purchasing the durable equipment and infrastructure they need to serve healthier meals and improve food safety. In doing so, USDA must give grant priority to applicants that: (1) have identified and are reasonably expected to meet an unmet local or community need, and (2) are located in states that have enacted funding measures to assist them with such purchases.

In addition, USDA must award competitive matching grants to experienced third-party training institutions to provide school food service personnel with the training and technical assistance they need to: (1) meet school lunch program nutrition standards, and (2) improve the efficacy and efficiency of the school lunch and breakfast programs.

The bill authorizes these grant and loan programs through FY2022. USDA must complete a study on the use of state administrative expense funds.

The bill also rescinds $35 million of the Department of Education's unobligated balance available for administrative expenses.

What's happening now July 11, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

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