US HB6725 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-1)
Status: Introduced on May 5 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Pending: House Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use specified federal funding to purchase specialty crops, dairy, meat, and poultry products from specific agricultural producers relying on markets affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to provide to food assistance programs, including the Emergency Food Assistance Program. USDA must also provide additional funding to the states for the purpose of procuring food products to support food assistance programs within each state. USDA and the states must use at least 10% of the funding to purchase crops and products that would otherwise have been sold through direct-to-consumer, direct-to-institution, direct-to-retail, or direct-to-restaurant marketing channels.

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Title

Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2020-05-05HouseReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2020-05-05HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB3655 (Related) 2020-05-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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