US HB8707 | 2021-2022 | 117th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on August 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-08-12 - Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Pending: House Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on August 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-08-12 - Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Pending: House Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To provide increased financial assistance for farmers markets and farmers' market nutrition programs, to increase local agricultural production through food bank in-house production and local farmer contracting, and for other purposes.
Title
Farmers Market and Food Bank Local Revitalization Act of 2022
Sponsors
| Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH] | Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY] | Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA] | Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH] |
| Rep. Shontel Brown [D-OH] | Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-12 | House | Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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. |
| 2022-08-12 | House | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E837) |
| 2022-08-12 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8707/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr8707/BILLS-117hr8707ih.pdf |
