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Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act

USA118th CongressHR-7762| House 
| Updated: 8/30/2024
Emilia Strong Sykes

Emilia Strong Sykes

Democratic Representative

Ohio

Cosponsors (1)
Jennifer L. McClellan (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Agriculture Committee, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act This bill allows tax credits and grants for activities that provide access to healthy food in food deserts, which are communities that have limited or no access to grocery stores and meet income requirements. For entities that are certified by the Department of the Treasury as special access food providers using specified criteria, the bill allows tax credits for operating a new grocery store or renovating an existing grocery store in a food desert. The bill also authorizes grants for a portion of (1) the construction costs of building a permanent food bank in a food desert, and (2) the annual operating costs of temporary access merchants (mobile markets, farmers markets, and food banks). Treasury, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture (USDA), must annually allocate the tax credits and grants to special access food providers. Grants authorized by this bill are not considered gross income for tax purposes. The bill also requires USDA to update the Food Access Research Atlas at least annually to account for food retailers that are placed in service during that year.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-1717
Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-1313
Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act
Mar 20, 2024
Introduced in House
Mar 20, 2024
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Aug 30, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-1717
    Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-1313
    Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act


  • March 20, 2024
    Introduced in House


  • March 20, 2024
    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.


  • August 30, 2024
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Taxation

Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act

USA118th CongressHR-7762| House 
| Updated: 8/30/2024
Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act This bill allows tax credits and grants for activities that provide access to healthy food in food deserts, which are communities that have limited or no access to grocery stores and meet income requirements. For entities that are certified by the Department of the Treasury as special access food providers using specified criteria, the bill allows tax credits for operating a new grocery store or renovating an existing grocery store in a food desert. The bill also authorizes grants for a portion of (1) the construction costs of building a permanent food bank in a food desert, and (2) the annual operating costs of temporary access merchants (mobile markets, farmers markets, and food banks). Treasury, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture (USDA), must annually allocate the tax credits and grants to special access food providers. Grants authorized by this bill are not considered gross income for tax purposes. The bill also requires USDA to update the Food Access Research Atlas at least annually to account for food retailers that are placed in service during that year.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-1717
Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-1313
Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act
Mar 20, 2024
Introduced in House
Mar 20, 2024
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Aug 30, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-1717
    Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-1313
    Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act


  • March 20, 2024
    Introduced in House


  • March 20, 2024
    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.


  • August 30, 2024
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Emilia Strong Sykes

Emilia Strong Sykes

Democratic Representative

Ohio

Cosponsors (1)
Jennifer L. McClellan (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Agriculture Committee, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee

Taxation

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted