Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025
Latest action · May 20, 2025 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 20, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes and provides specified funds for the Department of Agriculture's Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) through FY2030 and for each fiscal year thereafter.
As background, HFFI provides loans, grants, and technical assistance resources to eligible healthy food retailers and food supply chain enterprises to improve and support access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food in urban and rural underserved communities.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2025 to Jun 29, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | May 23, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | May 29, 2025 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 29, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | May 29, 2025 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jun 10, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Jun 11, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Jun 26, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Aug 5, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Sep 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Jun 29, 2026 |
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 20, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2025Introduced in House
- May 20, 2025Referred 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. 171, no. 85, May 20, 2025, page H2198.
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 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2025Introduced 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.
