House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which the Secretary will enter into cooperative agreements with State, local, or Tribal governments increase the purchase of local foods, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Bresnahan R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4782.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRESNAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 130, July 29, 2025, Page H3664):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 106 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4782, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4782
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
73 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 50 Democrats
50 of 73 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Mark Alford (R-MO), Ami Bera (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Jared Golden (D-ME), Adam Gray (D-CA), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Jeff Hurd (R-CO) and 43 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2987 (119th) CEASE Act of 2025
- H.R. 6075 (119th) Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025
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- H.R. 6022 (119th) Sgt. Walter F. Hartnett IV Green Star Veterans Service Act
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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.