To promote expanded economic opportunities for farmers and ranchers through local and regional markets, expand access to healthy food in underserved communities, provide access to locally and regionally grown food for schools, institutions, and consumers, and strengthen rural-urban linkages, and for other purposes.

Overview Sponsor: Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR3]show cosponsors (20) Cosponsors: Thomas Allen [D-ME1] Nancy Boyda [D-KS2] John Conyers [D-MI14] Artur Davis [D-AL7] Peter DeFazio [D-OR4] Keith Ellison [D-MN5] Anna Eshoo [D-CA14] Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY20] Phil Hare [D-IL17] Rush Holt [D-NJ12] Steve Kagen [D-WI8] Marcy Kaptur [D-OH9] Dennis Kucinich [D-OH10] James McDermott [D-WA7] Michael McNulty [D-NY21] Donald Payne [D-NJ10] Bobby Rush [D-IL1] Janice Schakowsky [D-IL9] Peter Welch [D-VT] Lynn Woolsey [D-CA6] Text: Summary | Full Text Status: Introduced May 17, 2007 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee (did not occur) House Vote (did not occur) Senate Vote (did not occur) Signed by President (did not occur) This bill never became law. This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions of Congress last two years, and at the end of each session all proposed bills and resolutions that haven't passed are cleared from the books. Members often reintroduce bills that did not come up for debate under a new number in the next session. Last Action: Jul 17, 2007: House Education and Labor: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Related: See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms that have been applied to this bill. Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned.

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