Feeding Families Not Fear Act of 2026
Latest action · Mar 18, 2026 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
- IntroducedMar 18, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2026 to Apr 29, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 18, 2026 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Mar 25, 2026 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Apr 6, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Apr 6, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Apr 29, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2026 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2026 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2026Introduced in House
- Mar 18, 2026Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 172, no. 49, March 18, 2026, page H2597.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend Public Law 119-21 to rescind the increased appropriations for immigration and customs enforcement (ICE), and to reverse the harmful reduction in supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Feeding Families Not Fear Act of 2026
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2026Introduced 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.
