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H.R.6384

H.R.6384: Community Meals Fund

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Introduced March 24, 2020
Latest Major Action March 24, 2020

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Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.)

Bill Cosponsors

33 (All Democrats)

Grace F. Napolitano (D-Calif.)
Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.)
Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.)
Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.)
Jesús García (D-Ill.)
Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Ed Case (D-Hawaii)
Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
Ted Deutch (D-Fla.)
Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.)
Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)
Val Demings (D-Fla.)
Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
Grace Meng (D-N.Y.)
Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.)
David Cicilline (D-R.I.)
Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.)
Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)
Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)
Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)
Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.)
Donna Shalala (D-Fla.)
Angie Craig (D-Minn.)
Jared Huffman (D-Calif.)
Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.)
Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)
André Carson (D-Ind.)
Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
Elaine Luria (D-Va.)
Michael San Nicolas (D-Guam)

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Introduced in House - March 24, 2020

Bill Summary

Community Meals Fund This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to award grants to community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups to partner with small and mid-sized restaurants or food contractors to expand meal access and food security to meet the needs of children, families, and vulnerable populations during a pandemic such as COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Grants awarded may not exceed $500,000.

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Date	Description
March 24, 2020	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
March 24, 2020	Introduced in the House by Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.)

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Introduced in the House by Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.)