Food Bank Emergency Support Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6271 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6271

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2025

Mrs. McClain Delaney (for herself, Ms. Ansari, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Carson, 
  Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Fields, Mr. Figures, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
Mannion, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Norton, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson 
 of California, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Titus, and Ms. Schrier) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 
  and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

    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 ``Food Bank Emergency Support Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. APPROPRIATION.

    (a) Amount Appropriated.--There is hereby appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $462,500,000 for 
expenditure under the authority of section 27 of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036) to be available in accordance with this 
section until expended.
    (b) Availability of Appropriated Funds.--During any period for 
which--
            (1) insufficient appropriated funds are available without 
        regard to the funds appropriated under subsection (a), to carry 
        out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012 et seq.) 
        without a reduction in benefit amounts otherwise payable under 
        such Act; or
            (2) the Secretary of Agriculture issues a determination, 
        certification, or notice that available budget authority is 
        insufficient to provide timely the full amounts of benefit 
        payments determined under such Act for all eligible households,
funds appropriated under subsection (a) shall be available for 
expenditure, including during a lapse in appropriations and after such 
lapse, to carry out section 27 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2036).
    (c) Excepted From Furlough.--Any services of an officer, employee, 
or contractor to carry out section 27 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036) (including with respect to executing orders for 
the distribution of commodities) shall be deemed, for purposes of 
section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, as services for 
emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of 
property.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2025.
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