Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6271
Food Bank Emergency Support Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-11-21Topic: agriculture food · social services · budgetSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would set aside $462.5 million from the U.S. Treasury for the emergency food assistance program, which provides food to food banks. The money could only be used when SNAP (food stamp) funding is not enough to pay full benefits, or when the Secretary of Agriculture says available funds are not enough to pay full benefits on time. The money would stay available until spent, including during a government funding lapse. Federal workers and contractors running the emergency food program would be treated as emergency staff, so they could keep working during a shutdown. The bill would take effect as if passed on September 30, 2025.
Sponsors
- April McClain Delaney Democrat sponsor
- 23 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. | refer |
| 2025-12-02 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4977) | ||
| 2025-11-21 | House | Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-11-21 | House | Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2025-11-21 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-11-21 | Introduced in House | introduce |