House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a new tax credit and grant program to stimulate investment and healthy nutrition options in food deserts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Emilia Sykes D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 18, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2473.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. SYKES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 56, March 27, 2025, Page H1339):Clause 1 of section 8 of article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2473, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2473
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Emilia Sykes.
- H.Res. 238 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion…
- H.R. 5660 (119th) Pay Our Military Act
- H.R. 2016 (119th) Feed Our Families Act of 2025
- H.J.Res. 123 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare…
- H.R. 971 (119th) RAIL Act
- H.R. 5661 (119th) Water Preservation and Affordability Act of 2025
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.