House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 4, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 25, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6569.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 199, December 4, 2023, Page H6110):clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: to establish and encourage equitable food procurement processes within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 220 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6569, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6569
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
- H.R. 3037 (118th) Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023
- H.R. 3310 (118th) Kira Johnson Act
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- H.R. 4845 (118th) Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023
- H.Con.Res. 118 (118th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
- H.Res. 1153 (118th) Recognizing the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2024, as the seventh annual "Black Maternal Health Week".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.