# 116-hr-5621: Base Responders’ Essential Needs and Dining Access Act

116-hr-5621, Base Responders’ Essential Needs and Dining Access Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] (R-FL); status Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5621
- Congress: 116
- Title: Base Responders’ Essential Needs and Dining Access Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- Introduced: 2020-01-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Base Responders’ Essential Needs and Dining Access Act or the BRENDA Act This bill allows a protective services civilian employee (e.g., security guard) at a military installation to purchase food and hygiene items at the installation's commissary store or morale, welfare, and recreation retail facility.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY), 2020-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2020-09-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-5046: Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act
- 116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act
- 116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act
- 116-hr-1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-5621 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5621)

## Related
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- [116-hr-5046: Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5046)
- [116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2423)
- [116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2420)
- [116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2382)
- [116-hr-1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1865)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5621 (as of 2025-11-18).