House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act
Official title: To improve purchasing of food by the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 15, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6706.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 211, December 15, 2025, Page H5899):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6706, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6706
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
- H.R. 2357 (119th) Food Secure Strikers Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 114 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
- H.Con.Res. 42 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
- H.R. 8074 (119th) Kira Johnson Act
- H.Res. 332 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2025, as the eighth annual "Black Maternal Health Week", founded by…
- H.Res. 1183 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2026, as "Black Maternal Health Week", founded by Black Mamas Matter…
Related bills
- S. 3471 (119th) EFFECTIVE Food Procurement ActRelated bill
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.