Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act
Latest action · May 5, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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
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.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2020 to Jul 30, 2020; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | May 5, 2020 |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Xochitl Torres Small | May 12, 2020 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 30, 2020 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Jul 30, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture 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 Agriculture.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-34 | AN OVERVIEW OF THE FARMERS TO FAMILIES FOOD BOX PROGRAM295 pages | Agriculture Committee | Jul 21, 2020 |
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 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3655 | Farmers-Feeding-Families Coronavirus Response Act | Related bill | May 7, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide Federal funding for targeted purchases to buy food from producers who rely on local agricultural food markets affected by COVID-19, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Agriculture and Food
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Food assistance and relief
- Food industry and services
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Public contracts and procurement
- 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.
