House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Food Assurance and Security Act

H.R. 6252Introduced Nov 21, 2025Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Official title: To require the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Director of the Census Bureau, to maintain an interagency food security measurement program to coordinate the annual collection, analysis, and reporting of data on food insecurity and hunger.

Sponsor: Rep. Wesley Bell D-MO

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 21, 2025
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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. 6252.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 197, November 21, 2025, Page H4896):
Article 1 Section 8
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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

8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats

0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Wesley Bell.

Sponsor’s state and district

Missouri in Congress · MO-1 district

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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.