House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Feed the Community Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow charitable donations of food transportation vehicles and food storage equipment to receive the same tax treatment as charitable donations of food inventory in the case of donations to nonprofit organizations which provide food to communities in need.
Sponsor: Rep. Nanette Barragán D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 28, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 28, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5840.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BARRAGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 179, October 28, 2025, Page H4559):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5840, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5840
- 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
26 cosponsors — 26 Democrats
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), William Keating (D-MA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Summer Lee (D-PA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Luz Rivas (D-CA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nanette Barragán.
- H.Res. 543 (119th) Recognizing the right to peacefully protest and condemning violence and authoritarian responses to expressions of dissent.
- H.R. 5673 (119th) Stop the Trump Electricity Price Hikes Act
- H.R. 10415 (119th) Food for Thought Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1402 (119th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month.
- H.R. 576 (119th) To codify Executive Order 14096 relating to revitalizing our Nation's commitment to environmental justice for all.
- H.R. 1449 (119th) Energy Resilient Communities Act
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.