US Congress House Bill 4020 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on October 11 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-10-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Pending: House Nutrition Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Food Bank Assistance Act of 2017 This bill amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 and the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide additional funding to the Department of Agriculture for carrying out the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). (TEFAP helps supplement the diets of low-income Americans, including the elderly, by providing them with emergency food and nutrition assistance. The program provides food and administrative funds to states to supplement the diets of these groups.)

Food Bank Assistance Act of 2017

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
2017-10-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2017-10-11	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4020/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4020/BILLS-115hr4020ih.pdf