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US HB6252
Bill
Status
11/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Wesley Bell
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AI Summary
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Secretary of Agriculture and Census Bureau Director must establish an interagency food security measurement program for annual collection, analysis, and reporting of food insecurity and hunger data
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Current Population Survey must include a food security supplement from 2026-2028 using the 2023 questionnaire format, with any future amendments requiring robust testing, public input, and OMB clearance
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Survey includes 18 standardized questions measuring household food insecurity indicators such as skipped meals, reduced meal sizes, and hunger due to lack of money for food
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Additional questions apply to households with children ages 0-17, assessing child-specific food insecurity including whether children skipped meals or went hungry
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Appropriates "such sums as may be necessary" to the Secretary of Agriculture, who must transfer funds to Census Bureau to cover costs of the annual food security supplement
Legislative Description
Food Assurance and Security Act
Agriculture and food
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
11/21/2025