Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes and provides specified funds for the Department of Agriculture's Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) through FY2030 and for each fiscal year thereafter.
As background, HFFI provides loans, grants, and technical assistance resources to eligible healthy food retailers and food supply chain enterprises to improve and support access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food in urban and rural underserved communities.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3506 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3506
To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to
reauthorize the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 20, 2025
Ms. Brown (for herself and Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to
reauthorize the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Food Financing Initiative
Reauthorization Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE.
Section 243(d) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act
of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953(d)) is amended to read as follows:
``(d) Mandatory Funding.--Of the funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section--
``(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2026
``(2) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2027;
``(3) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;
``(4) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; and
``(5) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2030 and each fiscal year
thereafter.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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