Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5731
School Food Modernization Act
Refreshed 4 h ago
Introduced 2025-10-10Topic: agriculture food · education · budgetSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would require the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to guarantee loans that help school districts, school food authorities, and tribal organizations build, remodel, or expand school kitchens and cafeterias or buy food service equipment worth more than $500. Loan guarantees could cover up to 80 percent of a loan, using $300 million reserved from an existing rural community facility loan program. The bill also authorizes $35 million a year from 2026 through 2031 for equipment grants given through states, and $10 million a year for competitive grants to outside organizations that train school food service workers. It requires reports to Congress, including a study of how states use administrative funds for training, and cancels $45 million in unused Department of Education administrative funds.
Sponsors
- Mark DeSaulnier Democrat sponsor
- 21 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. | refer |
| 2025-10-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and 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. | refer |
| 2025-10-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and 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. | refer |
| 2025-10-10 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and 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. | refer |
| 2025-10-10 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-10-10 | Introduced in House | introduce |