Food Assurance and Security Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires USDA and the Census Bureau to maintain an interagency food security measurement program, continue annual survey collection, and report on food insecurity and hunger.
Who Benefits and How
Policymakers and food-security stakeholders gain a continuing federal data pipeline on hunger and food insecurity.
Who Bears the Burden and How
USDA and the Census Bureau must coordinate survey design, annual data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Key Provisions
- Establishes an interagency food security measurement program.
- Requires ongoing inclusion of a food security supplement in the Current Population Survey.
- Requires annual reporting and authorizes appropriations for the work.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires USDA and the Census Bureau to maintain an interagency food security measurement program, continue annual survey collection, and report on food insecurity and hunger.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Social Welfare, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires USDA and the Census Bureau to maintain an interagency food security measurement program, continue annual survey collection, and report on food insecurity and hunger.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Food-security policymakers and advocates
- Communities affected by hunger and food insecurity
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Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- USDA and Census Bureau administrators
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Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Mr. Bell (for himself and Ms. Barragán) introduced the following …
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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