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HR 5173 117th Congress House Agriculture and Food

Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security Act

Introduced: September 3, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Oct 5, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Sep 3, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sep 3, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security Act

This bill addresses Department of Agriculture programs relating to urban agricultural production.

Specifically, the bill

  • establishes and provides funding for an urban agriculture conservation easement program for the conservation of certain private land, improved community food security, and improved access to cropland for beginning farmers or ranchers, socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers; and majority-controlled producer-based business ventures through easements or other interests in land;
  • establishes and provides funding for an urban agriculture microentrepreneur assistance program to provide loans and grants to support microentrepreneurs in the development and ongoing success of urban agriculture microenterprises; and
  • authorizes additional funding for a program that provides grants for nonprofit entities to establish and carry out community food projects.
What's happening now October 5, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 3, 2021
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Sep 3, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5173: Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5173/
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"H.R. 5173: Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5173/.
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H.R. 5173, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5173/.
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