HR 6384
116th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Community Meals Fund
Introduced: March 24, 2020
Introduced by:
Velázquez, Nydia M.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 24, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Community Meals Fund
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to award grants to community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups to partner with small and mid-sized restaurants or food contractors to expand meal access and food security to meet the needs of children, families, and vulnerable populations during a pandemic such as COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Grants awarded may not exceed $500,000.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
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