HR 6834 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

MILK Act

Introduced May 12, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Mark Pocan D-WI

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 12, 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.

  1. IntroducedMay 12, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Farmer's Milk in Low-Income Kitchens Act or the MILK Act

This bill revises and expands the milk donation program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Specifically, the bill (1) increases funding for the program, and (2) requires USDA to carry out a program to match eligible dairy organizations with eligible distributors in order to facilitate the formation of eligible partnerships.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 12, 2020 to May 26, 2020, with 13 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalMay 12, 2020
D-MNAngie CraigOriginalMay 12, 2020
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalMay 12, 2020
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalMay 12, 2020
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalMay 12, 2020
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMay 12, 2020
D-CTJahana HayesOriginalMay 12, 2020
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalMay 12, 2020
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalMay 12, 2020
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalMay 12, 2020
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalMay 12, 2020
D-WIRon KindOriginalMay 12, 2020
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalMay 12, 2020
D-WAPramila JayapalMay 26, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 12, 2020Introduced in House
  2. May 12, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 12, 2020Introduced in House

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