HR 484 — Food Deserts Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-01-16
Latest action: — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Sponsors
- Garamendi, John (D, CA-8) — cosponsor
- Takano, Mark (D, CA-39) — cosponsor
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D, FL-20) — cosponsor
- Johnson, Julie (D, TX-32) — cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D, MI-13) — cosponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D, MO-5) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · B00100 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E41)
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
- — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-01-16 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Garamendi, John | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Takano, Mark | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Johnson, Julie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Thanedar, Shri | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Cleaver, Emanuel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | referred_to_committee | House Agriculture Committee | — | congress-committee |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 7 edges across 2 categories. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
Committees
→ Referred to committee 1 edge
- House Agriculture Committee · 2025-01-03
Legislation
← Cosponsored bill 6 edges
- Garamendi, John · cosponsor
- Takano, Mark · cosponsor
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila · cosponsor
- Johnson, Julie · cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri · cosponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel · cosponsor
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takano, Mark (D, house CA-39) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 2 | Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D, house FL-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Cleaver, Emanuel (D, house MO-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Garamendi, John (D, house CA-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Johnson, Julie (D, house TX-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Thanedar, Shri (D, house MI-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | none | 0 | $0 | 13 | $14,500 | $14,500 |
| 2 | self | 0 | $0 | 6 | $6,250 | $6,250 |
| 3 | marcus & millichap | 0 | $0 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| 4 | singleton shreiber llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | thegroup | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 6 | unitleader | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,300 | $3,300 |
| 7 | casa | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 8 | oracle corporation | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 9 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 22 | $2,151 | $2,151 |
| 10 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 12 | $2,015 | $2,015 |
| 11 | thomas s. pattison md | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 12 | tension corp. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 13 | retired | 0 | $0 | 10 | $1,455 | $1,455 |
| 14 | merchant associates | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 15 | pinnacle facility engineering | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 2 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 17 | jm llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 18 | j. lohr vineyards & wines | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 19 | howard university | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 20 | caltrans | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 21 | mt washington pediatric hospit | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 22 | strata equity global | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 23 | and wealth partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 24 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 9 | $790 | $790 |
| 25 | colrich | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
6 predicted yes (1%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 257 unknown (47%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 6 yes / 0 no / 257 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
6 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (D · house · FL-20) · cosponsor
- Cleaver, Emanuel (D · house · MO-5) · cosponsor
- Garamendi, John (D · house · CA-8) · cosponsor
- Johnson, Julie (D · house · TX-32) · cosponsor
- Takano, Mark (D · house · CA-39) · cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D · house · MI-13) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Thanedar, Shri (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Johnson, Julie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Garamendi, John (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Cleaver, Emanuel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Takano, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-03 · was referred to House Agriculture Committee · congress-committee