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H.R. 1717 (116th)

Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act

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Introduced

13 March 2019

Last action

9 August 2019 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Sponsors

Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13], Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS], Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3], Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2], Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2], Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19], Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2], Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9], Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9], Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5], Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]

Subjects

Agriculture, Taxation

Source updated

5 December 2025

Agriculture · Taxation

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Summary

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

  1. 13 March 2019

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 13 March 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 13 March 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 9 August 2019

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

    Source: Committee

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