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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 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 October 26, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Nov 15, 2017
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Oct 31, 2017
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Oct 25, 2017
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Soto, Darren
Florida · Oct 25, 2017
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Oct 23, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4020: Food Bank Assistance Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4020/
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