# 116-hr-6700: FEED Act

116-hr-6700, FEED Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6700
- Congress: 116
- Title: FEED Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- Introduced: 2020-05-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 63
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

FEMA Empowering Essential Deliveries Act or the FEED Act This bill authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to approve state, local, and Indian tribal government plans to partner with small and mid-size restaurants and nonprofit organizations to provide nutritious meals to individuals in need. Specifically, during the period following the President's emergency declaration of March 13, 2020, and under any subsequent major disaster declaration that supersedes it, FEMA may approve plans from state, local, and Indian tribal governments that (1) establish contracts with small and mid-sized restaurants and nonprofits, including faith-based organizations and soup kitchens, to prepare healthy meals for people in need; and (2) provide for partnerships with nonprofit organizations to purchase directly from food producers and farmers. FEMA shall waive federal matching requirements under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act during such period.

## Cosponsors (63)

- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18] (D-PA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2020-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2020-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2020-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19] (R-FL), 2020-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2020-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2] (D-VA), 2020-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2020-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2020-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR), 2020-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2020-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2020-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23] (R-TX), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] (D-TN), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] (D-FL), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2020-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-6700 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6700)

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