HR 7675 · 117th Congress 2021โ€“2023, ended

To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish an Agricultural and Food System Supply Chain Resilience and Crisis Response Task Force, and for other purposes.

Latest action · Jun 15, 2022 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 283.

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 6, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish within USDA an Agricultural and Food System Supply Chain Resilience and Crisis Response Task Force. Among other responsibilities, the task force must (1) help promote the leadership of the United States with respect to the stability of the agriculture and food system supply chain; (2) monitor the resilience, diversity, security, and strength of the supply chain; and (3) support the creation of jobs with competitive wages in the U.S. agricultural and food system sector.

The head of the task force must be the Special Advisor on Supply Chain Resilience and Crisis Response who must conduct an evaluation of the stability and reliability of the agriculture and food system supply chain and report to Congress on the evaluation.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 6, 2022 to Jun 13, 2022; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-IAAshley HinsonOriginalMay 6, 2022
D-ILCheri BustosOriginalMay 6, 2022
D-IACynthia AxneOriginalMay 6, 2022
R-SDDusty JohnsonOriginalMay 6, 2022
R-IARandy FeenstraOriginalMay 6, 2022
D-CAJim CostaMay 16, 2022
D-NHAnn M. KusterMay 17, 2022
R-IAMariannette Miller-MeeksMay 17, 2022
D-NJJosh GottheimerJun 13, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred May 6, 2022Markup May 17, 2022Reported Jun 15, 2022

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 15, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 117-372.
  2. Jun 15, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 283.
  3. May 17, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  4. May 17, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  5. May 6, 2022Introduced in House

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.

Committee report

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 of the Commerce Clause

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 76, May 6, 2022, page H4723.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 7606Lower Food and Fuel Costs ActRelated billJun 21, 2022

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish an Agricultural and Food System Supply Chain Resilience and Crisis Response Task Force, and for other purposes.

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 15, 2022Reported in House
  2. May 6, 2022Introduced in House

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