To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to allow certain States to directly purchase commodities, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5059.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TOKUDA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4146):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Amending the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to allow certain States to directly purchase commodities.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5059, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5059

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a12f94274bf437c51f70a05c8132a505868b0216c52d731e6100ac5d059e36a6

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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