HR 1509 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2023

Latest action · Apr 5, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

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. IntroducedMar 9, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes and provides specified funds for the Department of Agriculture's Healthy Food Financing Initiative through FY2028 and for each fiscal year thereafter. (This program provides capacity building and financial resources to eligible healthy food retailers and food supply chain enterprises to assist them in overcoming the high costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved areas.)

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2023 to May 23, 2024; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PADwight EvansOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-OHShontel M. BrownOriginalMar 9, 2023
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanApr 25, 2023
D-MEChellie PingreeApr 25, 2023
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.Apr 25, 2023
D-OREarl BlumenauerApr 25, 2023
D-MAJames P. McGovernApr 25, 2023
D-HIJill N. TokudaApr 25, 2023
D-CALinda T. SánchezMay 5, 2023
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciMay 5, 2023
D-NJAndy KimMay 11, 2023
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonMay 11, 2023
D-CAMark DeSaulnierMay 23, 2023
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerJun 6, 2023
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeJun 6, 2023
D-WAAdam SmithJun 15, 2023
D-MNIlhan OmarJun 15, 2023
D-NYBrian HigginsJun 22, 2023
D-CAAdam B. SchiffJul 6, 2023
D-INAndré CarsonJul 6, 2023
D-NYGrace MengJul 6, 2023
D-ILNikki BudzinskiJul 6, 2023
D-ILJonathan L. JacksonJul 20, 2023
D-NJJosh GottheimerJul 20, 2023
D-MOCori BushSep 1, 2023
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleFeb 1, 2024
D-NCAlma S. AdamsMar 5, 2024
D-ILDelia C. RamirezMar 5, 2024
D-TNSteve CohenMar 5, 2024
D-CAKatie PorterMar 11, 2024
D-PASummer L. LeeMar 29, 2024
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiApr 12, 2024
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaMay 23, 2024

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Mar 9, 2023
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee
Referred Apr 5, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 5, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
  2. Mar 9, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Mar 9, 2023Referred 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

[Pages H1250-H1251] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Ms. LEE of California: H.R. 1509. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: provides mandatory funding for the HFFI program

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 45, March 9, 2023, page H1251.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 760Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2023Related billMar 9, 2023

Titles 2

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 reauthorize the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2023

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 9, 2023Introduced in House

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