HR 4020
115th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Appropriations
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Food Bank Assistance Act of 2017
Introduced: October 11, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 26, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Oct 11, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 11, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.)
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Committees of jurisdiction
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