HR 3433
115th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Fruit and vegetables
Nutrition and diet
Feeding America through Farm Flexibility Act of 2017'
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Jul 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 26, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Feeding America through Farm Flexibility Act of 2017
This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to increase the number of acres on which agricultural producers are authorized to grow fruits and vegetables without a resulting reduction in the payment acres used to calculate price loss coverage and agriculture risk coverage payments.
The increases are permitted if the crops on the additional acres are grown for sale or donation in a food desert, which is a census tract that: (1) has a poverty rate of at least 20%, and (2) provides difficult access to a retail outlet that provides a wide variety of fruits and vegetables.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1