Urges US Congress to study food deserts and feasibility of addressing issue at federal level.
This New Jersey Assembly Resolution (AR 107) urges the U.S. Congress to study food deserts and assess whether federal action could address them. It does not create new programs but requests a federal study on geographic areas with limited access to affordable, healthy food - disproportionately affecting low-income communities, including over 1.3 million New Jersey residents. The resolution emphasizes that current state efforts, like New Jersey’s Food Desert Relief Program, are insufficient and that federal research could inform better state-level solutions. It specifically asks Congress to evaluate the feasibility of federal policy interventions.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee
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Alixon Collazos-Gill
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