[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"current-user-roles":3,"user-subscription":3,"bill:119-hr-7455":4},null,{"bill":5,"indexable":149,"summaries":150,"cosponsors":156,"cosponsorSlugs":181,"actions":187,"amendments":215,"amendmentSponsorSlugs":216,"linkages":217,"sponsorSlug":218},{"sponsor":6,"cboCostEstimates":15,"originChamber":16,"congress":17,"isByRequest":18,"shortTitle":3,"title":19,"createdAt":20,"committeeReports":21,"cosponsorCount":22,"onBehalfOfSponsor":3,"adminOverride":3,"amendmentCount":23,"popularTitle":3,"laws":3,"billType":24,"subjects":25,"introducedDate":26,"congressGovUrl":27,"constitutionalAuthority":28,"policyArea":29,"deletedAt":3,"billNumber":30,"cosponsorCountIncludingWithdrawn":22,"status":31,"keyMilestoneCount":32,"policyAreaLower":33,"statusDate":34,"actionCount":35,"updateDate":36,"latestAction":37,"officialTitle":19,"committees":39,"committeeCodes":56,"updatedAt":57,"searchTokens":58},{"firstName":7,"lastName":8,"district":9,"fullName":10,"middleName":11,"state":12,"party":13,"bioguideId":14},"Jill","Tokuda","2","Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]","N.","HI","D","T000487",[],"House",119,false,"To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to allow certain States to directly purchase commodities, and for other purposes.","2026-05-14T02:10:52.426Z",[],5,0,"hr",[],"2026-02-09","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.congress.gov\u002Fbill\u002F119th-congress\u002Fhouse-bill\u002F7455","\u003Cpre>\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 27 (Monday, February 9, 2026)]\n[House]\n[Pages H2096-H2097]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gpo.gov\">www.gpo.gov\u003C\u002Fa>]\nBy Ms. TOKUDA:\nH.R. 7455.\nCongress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\nto the following:\n[[Page H2097]]\nArticle I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States\nConstitution.\n\u003C\u002Fpre>","Agriculture and Food",7455,"in_committee",2,"agriculture and food","2026-03-20",4,"2026-07-02T08:07:07Z",{"date":34,"text":38},"Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.",[40],{"name":41,"systemCode":42,"chamber":16,"activities":43,"subcommittees":47,"type":55},"Agriculture Committee","hsag00",[44],{"name":45,"date":46},"Referred To","2026-02-09T17:04:50Z",[48],{"name":49,"systemCode":50,"activities":51},"Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee","hsag03",[52],{"name":53,"date":54},"Referred to","2026-03-20T18:55:59Z","Standing",[42,50],"2026-07-02T16:15:46.116Z",[59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148],"to","amend","am","ame","amen","the","emergency","em","eme","emer","emerg","emerge","emergen","emergenc","food","fo","foo","assistance","as","ass","assi","assis","assist","assista","assistan","assistanc","act","of","1983","19","198","allow","al","all","allo","certain","ce","cer","cert","certa","certai","states","st","sta","stat","state","directly","di","dir","dire","direc","direct","directl","purchase","pu","pur","purc","purch","purcha","purchas","commodities","co","com","comm","commo","commod","commodi","commodit","commoditi","commoditie","and","for","other","ot","oth","othe","purposes","purp","purpo","purpos","purpose","rep","tokuda","tok","toku","tokud","jill","ji","jil","hi",true,[151],{"versionCode":152,"actionDate":26,"actionDesc":153,"text":154,"updateDate":155},"00","Introduced in House","\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>","2026-04-08T14:09:57Z",[157,163,168,173,177],{"bioguideId":158,"fullName":159,"party":13,"state":160,"district":161,"sponsorshipDate":162,"isOriginalCosponsor":18,"withdrawn":18,"sponsorshipWithdrawnDate":3},"S001226","Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]","OR","6","2026-03-03",{"bioguideId":164,"fullName":165,"party":13,"state":166,"district":167,"sponsorshipDate":26,"isOriginalCosponsor":149,"withdrawn":18,"sponsorshipWithdrawnDate":3},"H001103","Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]","PR","0",{"bioguideId":169,"fullName":170,"party":171,"state":172,"district":167,"sponsorshipDate":26,"isOriginalCosponsor":149,"withdrawn":18,"sponsorshipWithdrawnDate":3},"K000404","Del. King-Hinds, Kimberlyn [R-MP-At Large]","R","MP",{"bioguideId":174,"fullName":175,"party":13,"state":12,"district":176,"sponsorshipDate":26,"isOriginalCosponsor":149,"withdrawn":18,"sponsorshipWithdrawnDate":3},"C001055","Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]","1",{"bioguideId":178,"fullName":179,"party":171,"state":180,"district":167,"sponsorshipDate":26,"isOriginalCosponsor":149,"withdrawn":18,"sponsorshipWithdrawnDate":3},"M001219","Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]","GU",{"S001226":182,"H001103":183,"K000404":184,"C001055":185,"M001219":186},"andrea-salinas","pablo-jos-hernndez","kimberlyn-king-hinds","ed-case","james-c-moylan",[188,196,204,209,212],{"actionDate":34,"actionDateTime":3,"text":38,"type":189,"actionCode":190,"sourceSystem":191,"committees":194,"recordedVotes":3,"calendarNumber":3,"sequenceIndex":23,"isKeyMilestone":18},"Committee","H11000",{"code":192,"name":193},1,"House committee actions",[195],{"name":49,"systemCode":50},{"actionDate":26,"actionDateTime":3,"text":197,"type":198,"actionCode":199,"sourceSystem":200,"committees":202,"recordedVotes":3,"calendarNumber":3,"sequenceIndex":23,"isKeyMilestone":18},"Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.","IntroReferral","H11100",{"code":32,"name":201},"House floor actions",[203],{"name":41,"systemCode":42},{"actionDate":26,"actionDateTime":3,"text":153,"type":198,"actionCode":205,"sourceSystem":206,"committees":3,"recordedVotes":3,"calendarNumber":3,"sequenceIndex":32,"isKeyMilestone":149},"1000",{"code":207,"name":208},9,"Library of Congress",{"actionDate":26,"actionDateTime":3,"text":153,"type":198,"actionCode":205,"sourceSystem":210,"committees":3,"recordedVotes":3,"calendarNumber":3,"sequenceIndex":211,"isKeyMilestone":149},{"code":207,"name":208},3,{"actionDate":26,"actionDateTime":3,"text":153,"type":198,"actionCode":213,"sourceSystem":214,"committees":3,"recordedVotes":3,"calendarNumber":3,"sequenceIndex":192,"isKeyMilestone":149},"Intro-H",{"code":207,"name":208},[],{},[],"jill-n-tokuda"]