House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Food Bank Emergency Support Act of 2025

H.R. 6271Introduced Nov 21, 2025Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Official title: To provide supplemental appropriations to carry out the emergency food assistance program under the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 in the event of a lapse in funding for the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

Sponsor: Rep. April McClain Delaney D-MD

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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. 6271.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCLAIN DELANEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 197, November 21, 2025, Page H4897):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
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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

23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats

0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), John Mannion (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Kelly Morrison (D-MN), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Luz Rivas (D-CA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), James Walkinshaw (D-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. April McClain Delaney.

Sponsor’s state and district

Maryland in Congress · MD-6 district

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