HR 5840 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Feed the Community Act

Latest action · Oct 28, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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. IntroducedOct 28, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 28, 2025 to Apr 16, 2026; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-LACleo FieldsOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-TXJasmine CrockettOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-CALuz M. RivasOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-CARobert GarciaOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-CASara JacobsOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-ALShomari FiguresOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-MIShri ThanedarOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-PASummer L. LeeOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-CATed LieuOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-NYTimothy M. KennedyOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-AZYassamin AnsariOriginalOct 28, 2025
D-NVDina TitusNov 4, 2025
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonNov 4, 2025
D-WAKim SchrierNov 7, 2025
D-CASydney Kamlager-DoveDec 3, 2025
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.Dec 15, 2025
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingDec 15, 2025
D-CAJim CostaApr 16, 2026
D-ILJonathan L. JacksonApr 16, 2026

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Oct 28, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 28, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Oct 28, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 179, October 28, 2025, page H4559.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable donations of food transportation vehicles and food storage equipment to receive the same tax treatment as charitable donations of food inventory in the case of donations to nonprofit organizations which provide food to communities in need.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Feed the Community Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 28, 2025Introduced in House

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