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Main Subject: Agriculture and Food

This bill allows a state to receive cash funds under The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) to directly purchase agricultural commodities through the private commercial marketplace.

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 distributing agencies.

Specifically, the bill allows an eligible state agency to elect to receive as cash the dollar amount used by USDA to purchase the commodities to distribute to the state.

S2578-118, HR8467-118,

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Sep. 19 2023	Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

House floor actions Actions

IntroReferral
Jul. 27 2023	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Library of Congress Actions

IntroReferral
Jul. 27 2023	Introduced in House Introduced in House

House bill HR5059-118

To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to allow certain States to directly purchase commodities, and for other purposes.

House bill HR5059-118

To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to allow certain States to directly purchase commodities, and for other purposes.

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