Farm to Fridge Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7035 To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for emergency supplemental funding under local agriculture market program for COVID–19 losses, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 27, 2020 Ms. MENG (for herself and Mr. UPTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for emergency supplemental funding under local agri- culture market program for COVID–19 losses, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farm to Fridge Act’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:51 Jun 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7035.IH H7035 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7035 IH SEC. 2. EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING UNDER 1 LOCAL AGRICULTURE MARKET PROGRAM 2 FOR COVID–19 LOSSES. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 210A(d) of the Agricul- 4 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1627c(d)) is 5 amended by adding at the end the following: 6 ‘‘(7) PAYMENTS FOR COVID–19 LOSSES.— 7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 8 make payments to entities eligible to receive a 9 grant under this paragraph (5) or (6) who sub- 10 mit to the Secretary an application at such 11 time, in such manner, and containing— 12 ‘‘(i) a description of how the appli- 13 cant’s business has been impacted by 14 COVID–19; 15 ‘‘(ii) a narrative explaining how the 16 applicant proposes to use such payments to 17 expand the capacity of their sales in order 18 to properly package and sell agricultural 19 products to consumers either through gro- 20 cery stores or direct sale; and 21 ‘‘(iii) such other information as the 22 Secretary may require. 23 ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY OF LIMITATIONS.—A 24 payment under this paragraph shall not be sub- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:51 Jun 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7035.IH H7035 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7035 IH ject to the limitations specified under subpara- 1 graphs (D) and (E) of paragraphs (5) and (6). 2 ‘‘(C) BUY AMERICAN.—Chapter 83 of title 3 41, United States Code, shall apply with re- 4 spect to purchases made using payments re- 5 ceived under this paragraph.’’. 6 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 7 210A(i)(3)(A) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 8 (7 U.S.C. 1627c(i)(3)(A)) is amended by adding at the 9 end the following: 10 ‘‘(iii) PAYMENTS FOR COVID–19 11 LOSSES.—There are authorized to be ap- 12 propriated, in addition to the amounts 13 made available under paragraph (2), to 14 provide payments under subsection 15 (d)(7)— 16 ‘‘(I) $20,000,000 for payments 17 to entities eligible to receive a grant 18 under subsection (d)(5); and 19 ‘‘(II) $14,000,000 for payments 20 to entities eligible to receive a grant 21 under subsection (d)(6).’’. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:51 Jun 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7035.IH H7035 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS