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EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act

Introduced: December 15, 2025 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov

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Jan 14, 2026

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

Dec 15, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Dec 15, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now January 14, 2026

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

Hearings & markups 1

Hearings to examine growing the small business agricultural economy.
Meeting Jan 14, 2026 · 2:30 PM EST · Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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FARM ACTION FUND
for FARM ACTION FUND · Missouri · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026

Cosponsors 4

Blumenthal, Richard

Connecticut · Dec 15, 2025

Padilla, Alex

California · Dec 15, 2025

Schiff, Adam B.

California · Dec 15, 2025

Welch, Peter

Vermont · Dec 15, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3471: EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3471/

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"S. 3471: EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3471/.

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S. 3471, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3471/.

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