3.0.0 6725 2023-01-11T13:43:00Z 2023-01-11T13:43:00Z House HR 2020-05-05 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 5, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SCHRIER:H.R. 6725.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1.[Page H1979]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-05-05T14:31:15Z Farmers-Feeding-Families Coronavirus Response Act 116 3655 S 2020-05-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2020-05-05 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2020-05-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-05-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001216 Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] Kim Schrier D WA 8 N M001159 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] Cathy Rodgers R WA McMorris 5 2020-05-05 True K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 2020-05-05 True P000597 Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] Chellie Pingree D ME 1 2020-05-05 True D000617 Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] Suzan DelBene D WA K. 1 2020-05-05 True J000298 Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] Pramila Jayapal D WA 7 2020-05-12 False H001064 Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] Denny Heck D WA 10 2020-05-12 False T000460 Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] MIKE THOMPSON D CA 5 2020-05-12 False K000379 Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] Joseph Kennedy D MA P. 4 2020-05-12 False T000484 Rep. Torres Small, Xochitl [D-NM-2] Xochitl Torres Small D NM 2 2020-05-12 False S000510 Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] ADAM SMITH D WA 9 2020-05-12 False D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2020-05-12 False T000482 Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] Lori Trahan D MA 3 2020-05-12 False S001209 Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] Abigail Spanberger D VA Davis 7 2020-05-12 False T000483 Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] David Trone D MD J. 6 2020-05-12 False D000629 Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] Sharice Davids D KS 3 2020-07-30 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2020-07-30 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Food assistance and relief Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Infectious and parasitic diseases Public contracts and procurement State and local government operations Agriculture and Food 00 2020-05-05 Introduced in House 2020-05-21T16:33:49Z Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use specified federal funding to purchase specialty crops, dairy, meat, and poultry products from specific agricultural producers relying on markets affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to provide to food assistance programs, including the Emergency Food Assistance Program.

USDA must also provide additional funding to the states for the purpose of procuring food products to support food assistance programs within each state.

USDA and the states must use at least 10% of the funding to purchase crops and products that would otherwise have been sold through direct-to-consumer, direct-to-institution, direct-to-retail, or direct-to-restaurant marketing channels.

]]> Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act Display Title Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act Official Title as Introduced To provide Federal funding for targeted purchases to buy food from producers who rely on local agricultural food markets affected by COVID-19, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr6725ih/xml/BILLS-116hr6725ih.xml 2020-05-05 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.