Bill Sponsor
House Bill 6725
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 5, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 5, 2020
Latest Action
May 5, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
6725
Congress
116
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Washington
Democrat
California
Democrat
Maryland
Democrat
Massachusetts
Democrat
Massachusetts
Democrat
Massachusetts
Democrat
Washington
Democrat
Washington
Democrat
Washington
Democrat
Washington
Democrat
Washington
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act

This bill 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.

Text (1)
Actions (2)
05/05/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
05/05/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:43:00 PM