118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 4745 — Delivering for Rural Seniors Act of 2023

“To amend the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to establish a pilot grant program to award grants to facilitate home delivery of commodities under the commodity supplemental food program, and for other purposes.”

Agriculture and food

Introduced Jul 19, 2023

Last action Aug 24, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

Step 1

Introduced

Jul 19, 2023

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Referred

Aug 24, 2023

Agriculture

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Committee

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House floor

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Senate

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Resolve Changes

Step 7

Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill directs the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to award competitive grants to state agencies under a home delivery pilot program for participants in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). (The CSFP works to improve the health of low-income persons at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious Department of Agriculture foods.) Under the pilot program, a state agency must distribute grant funds to an eligible entity (i.e., a local agency or subdistributing agency) to operate projects that facilitate home delivery of commodities to CSFP participants. Grant funds may be used for costs associated with transportation and distribution of commodities to CS...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House

Timeline · 3 actions

Aug 24, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Jul 19, 2023

Introduced in House

Jul 19, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.