FEED Act
Latest action · May 5, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 5, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
FEMA Empowering Essential Deliveries Act or the FEED Act
This bill authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to approve state, local, and Indian tribal government plans to partner with small and mid-size restaurants and nonprofit organizations to provide nutritious meals to individuals in need.
Specifically, during the period following the President's emergency declaration of March 13, 2020, and under any subsequent major disaster declaration that supersedes it, FEMA may approve plans from state, local, and Indian tribal governments that (1) establish contracts with small and mid-sized restaurants and nonprofits, including faith-based organizations and soup kitchens, to prepare healthy meals for people in need; and (2) provide for partnerships with nonprofit organizations to purchase directly from food producers and farmers.
FEMA shall waive federal matching requirements under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act during such period.
Cosponsors 63
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2020 to Nov 12, 2020; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| R-TX | Will Hurd | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-IN | André Carson | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Donna E. Shalala | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | May 22, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | May 22, 2020 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 8, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | Jun 18, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jun 18, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Jul 13, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Francis Rooney | Aug 4, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Aug 21, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Sep 1, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Sep 11, 2020 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Oct 6, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Oct 9, 2020 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Oct 13, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Oct 27, 2020 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Nov 12, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 5, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 5, 2020Introduced in House
- May 5, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 84, May 5, 2020, page H1979.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46432 | Food Banks and Other Emergency Feeding Organizations: Federal Aid and the Response to COVID-19 Archived | Report | Jun 25, 2020 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to approve State, local, and Indian tribal government plans to partner with small and mid-size restaurants and nonprofit organizations to provide nutritious meals to individuals in need, to waive certain matching fund requirements, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FEED Act
- FEMA Empowering Essential Deliveries Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Emergency Management
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Food assistance and relief
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public-private cooperation
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 5, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
