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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6700 
To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy to approve State, local, and Indian tribal government plans to partner 
with small and mid-size restaurants and nonprofit organizations to pro-
vide nutritious meals to individuals in need, to waive certain matching 
fund requirements, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2020 
Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 
Ms. BASS, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. BERA, Mr. 
KENNEDY, Mr. PANETTA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS 
of Illinois, Mr. HURD of Texas, Ms. MENG, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
COSTA, and Mr. CASTRO of Texas) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to approve State, local, and Indian 
tribal government plans to partner with small and mid- 
size restaurants and nonprofit organizations to provide 
nutritious meals to individuals in need, to waive certain 
matching fund requirements, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FEMA Empowering 
Essential Deliveries Act’’ or the ‘‘FEED Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STATE AND LOCAL PLANS FOR MEAL DELIVERY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the period following the 
emergency declaration issued by the President on March 
13, 2020, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5191(b)), and under any subsequent major dis-
aster declaration under section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170) that supersedes such emergency declaration, the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency may approve plans from State, local, and Indian 
tribal governments that meet the requirements of sub-
section (b). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to provide food 
services set forth in this subsection, a State, local, or In-
dian tribal government shall establish a network to coordi-
nate food distribution and delivery that includes a detailed 
plan to— 
(1) establish contracts with small and mid-sized 
restaurants and non-profits, including faith-based 
organizations and soup kitchens to prepare healthy 
meals for people in need; and 
(2) partner with non-profit organizations, in-
cluding faith-based organizations and soup kitchens 
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to purchase directly from food producers and farm-
ers. 
(c) WAIVER OF MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.—During 
the period referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator 
shall waive the matching requirements of section 403(b) 
and 503(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b(b) and 42 
U.S.C. 5193(a), respectively). 
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