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House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Food Deserts Act

H.R. 484Introduced Jan 16, 2025Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to States to support the establishment and operation of grocery stores in underserved communities, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. André Carson D-IN
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 14, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 484.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 484, last updated August 4, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

68 cosponsors — 68 Democrats

0 of 68 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Cleo Fields (D-LA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA) and 38 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. André Carson.

Sponsor’s state and district

Indiana in Congress · IN-7 district

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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.