US HB3072 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on September 9 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-09-09 - Referred to House Ways and Means
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on September 9 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-09-09 - Referred to House Ways and Means
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Local Food for Healthy Families Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the local food for healthy families program to make grants to specified entities to provide low-income families receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) with incentives to purchase fruits and vegetables.
Title
Local Food for Healthy Families Act of 2013
Sponsors
| Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-09 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
| 2013-09-09 | House | Referred to House Agriculture |
| 2013-09-09 | House | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. |
Subjects
Agriculture and food
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3072/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3072/BILLS-113hr3072ih.pdf |
