118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2713Farmers Feeding America Act of 2023

A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to make commodities available for the Emergency Food Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

Agriculture and food
Introduced Jul 27, 2023
Last action Jul 27, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jul 27, 2023
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Referred
Jul 27, 2023
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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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...

Provisions · 5 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Jul 27, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jul 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.