Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Nov 2, 2023
Step 2
Referred
Mar 1, 2024
Agriculture
Step 3
Committee
Step 4
House floor
Step 5
Senate
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
This bill reauthorizes The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), increases funding for the program, and provides additional delivery options for geographically isolated states (i.e., Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam). TEFAP is a federal program that helps supplement the diets of people with low income by providing them with emergency food assistance at no cost. Through TEFAP, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchases a variety of commodities and makes those food products (e.g., canned, frozen, dried, and fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, meat, dairy, and whole-grain and enriched grain products) available to state distrib...
Timeline · 3 actions
Mar 1, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Nov 2, 2023
Introduced in House
Nov 2, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.