House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025
Official title: To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing a thrifty food plan update under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 or reevaluation that would result in an increase in food insecurity.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 2025
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- 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. 2489.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 57, March 31, 2025, Page H1375):Article I Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2489, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2489
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
71 cosponsors — 71 Democrats
0 of 71 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA) and 41 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.