H.R. 5017: Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-02-14 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.

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Where it came from: introduced 2018-02-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2018

Plain summary

Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2018 This bill amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to reauthorize and modify the Healthy Food Financing Initiative. The initiative authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide financial and technical assistance to food retailers, farmers markets, cooperatives, and other entities for projects to improve access to healthy food in underserved communities. The purposes of the initiative include: improving access to, and expanding the supply of, healthy food in low-income, underserved communities; creating and preserving quality jobs and businesses; revitalizing distressed rural, urban, and small town economies; supporting the development of local and regional food systems; increasing the distribution of locally produced agricultural products; and strengthening farm-to-consumer relationships.

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Official text

Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] · 2 cosponsors

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Dwight Evans (D-PA)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Ballot initiative: A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr5017.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5017 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115