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HR 6457 112th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural education Agricultural practices and innovations Fruit and vegetables

Preserving Healthy Food for the Hungry Act

Introduced: December 3, 2012 Introduced by: Carson, André Democratic · Indiana See on congress.gov
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Oct 9, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
Sep 20, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Sep 20, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preserving Healthy Food for the Hungry Act - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to provide agricultural product market development grants to assist persons in preserving the quality and shelf-life of fruit and vegetable crops produced by such persons on qualified land through the use of mobile and fixed flash freezing and quick freezing units.

What's happening now October 9, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
Fudge, Marcia
· Dec 3, 2012
Polis, Jared
· Dec 3, 2012
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Sep 20, 2012
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 20, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6457: Preserving Healthy Food for the Hungry Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6457/
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"H.R. 6457: Preserving Healthy Food for the Hungry Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6457/.
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