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Subcommittee sends bill to study USDA program accessibility to appropriations
2124154 · January 16, 2025
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Summary
House Bill 1723, unanimously supported in subcommittee, directs a newly established Commission to End Hunger to study the accessibility and effectiveness of USDA programs and report back; the subcommittee voted to report and refer the bill to appropriations.
House Bill 1723 was presented as a bipartisan, unanimously supported bill directing the state to assess how federal USDA nutrition programs reach Virginians in need. The bill grew from the work of the Commission to End Hunger, which began work July 1 and heard testimony pointing to barriers that prevent federal…
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