# 116-hr-6725: Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act

116-hr-6725, Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA); status Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6725
- Congress: 116
- Title: Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Introduced: 2020-05-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to use specified federal funding to purchase specialty crops, dairy, meat, and poultry products from specific agricultural producers relying on markets affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to provide to food assistance programs, including the Emergency Food Assistance Program. USDA must also provide additional funding to the states for the purpose of procuring food products to support food assistance programs within each state. USDA and the states must use at least 10% of the funding to purchase crops and products that would otherwise have been sold through direct-to-consumer, direct-to-institution, direct-to-retail, or direct-to-restaurant marketing channels.

## Cosponsors (16)

- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres Small, Xochitl [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2020-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] (R-WA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2020-05-05T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act
- 116-hr-1830: National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-1773: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
- 116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020
- 116-hr-724: PACT Act
- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6725 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6725)

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- [116-hr-1773: Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1773)
- [116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1570)
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- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6725 (as of 2025-11-18).