H.R. 5705: To authorize the reimbursement by the Federal Government of State funds used to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in the event of a Government shutdown.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-10-08 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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To authorize the reimbursement by the Federal Government of State funds used to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in the event of a Government shutdown.

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To authorize the reimbursement by the Federal Government of State funds used to maintain participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in the event of a Government shutdown.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr5705.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

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Sponsor: Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] · 87 cosponsors

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Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Luz M. Rivas (D-CA), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Shontel M. Brown (D-OH), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Summer L. Lee (D-PA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Mike Thompson (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Emily Randall (D-WA), Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY), Nellie Pou (D-NJ), George Whitesides (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Dina Titus (D-NV), Adam Smith (D-WA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) and 27 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] reported raising $2.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr5705.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr5705 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills