HR 3506 · in committee · significant
Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025
- healthcare
- economy
What this bill does
- The bill extends USDA funding for the Healthy Food Financing Initiative through 2030 and beyond.
- Grocery stores, food suppliers, and underserved urban and rural communities benefit from loans and grants.
- The bill reauthorizes specified federal funds without detailing the exact appropriation amount or distribution timeline.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should federal funds be distributed between urban food deserts and rural communities that lack grocery access?
- 02
What accountability measures would ensure loans and grants to food retailers actually increase affordable produce availability in underserved areas?
- 03
Without a specified budget amount, how can Congress evaluate whether this reauthorization adequately addresses food access gaps through 2030?
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Sponsor · D-OH-11
Shontel M. Brown
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
28/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-05-20
Joining the bill

Dwight Evans
D-PA-3 · original

Emanuel Cleaver
D-MO-5

Delia C. Ramirez
D-IL-3

Adam Smith
D-WA-9

Summer L. Lee
D-PA-12

Paul Tonko
D-NY-20

Nikki Budzinski
D-IL-13

Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC

André Carson
D-IN-7

Raja Krishnamoorthi
D-IL-8

Troy A. Carter
D-LA-2

Kweisi Mfume
D-MD-7
+ 16 more
Legislative timeline
2025-05-20 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2025-05-20 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-05-20 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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