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HR 5621 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Military facilities and property Military personnel and dependents Retail and wholesale trades

Base Responders’ Essential Needs and Dining Access Act

Introduced: January 15, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Jan 15, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Base Responders’ Essential Needs and Dining Access Act or the BRENDA Act

This bill allows a protective services civilian employee (e.g., security guard) at a military installation to purchase food and hygiene items at the installation's commissary store or morale, welfare, and recreation retail facility.

What's happening now January 15, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Foster, Bill
Illinois · Sep 4, 2020
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Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Jan 24, 2020
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Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Jan 15, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5621: Base Responders’ Essential Needs and Dining Access Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5621/
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"H.R. 5621: Base Responders’ Essential Needs and Dining Access Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5621/.
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H.R. 5621, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5621/.
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