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H.R. 4379: School Food Modernization Act

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H.R. 4379: School Food Modernization Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-09 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

School Food Modernization Act

Plain summary

School Food Modernization Act This bill provides for loan guarantees and grants to support healthy meals under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. The bill directs 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 meal programs. USDA must also award competitive matching grants to assist LEAs, school food authorities, and tribal organizations in purchasing the durable equipment and infrastructure they need to serve healthier meals and improve food safety. USDA must give preference under both programs 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. 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 or exceed nutrition standards under the school meal programs, and (2) improve the efficacy and efficiency of the school meal programs.

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Official text

School Food Modernization Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] · 34 cosponsors

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Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ed Case (D-HI), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), James Comer (R-KY), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Angie Craig (D-MN), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11] reported raising $721,776 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong117-hr4379 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117