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U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree
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Chellie Pingree

In Office

Reveal Party

Chellie Pingree is a Representative from Maine, born in Minneapolis in 1955. She graduated from the College of the Atlantic and worked as a farmer and businesswoman. Pingree served on local boards in North Haven, Maine, and was a state senator from 1992 to 2000. After an unsuccessful Senate bid in 2002, she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008 and continues to serve.

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Bills Chellie Created (2023 - Current)






118th Congress: House Bill No. 5657

September 21, 2023 / Referred to a Committee

NO TIME TO Waste Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take several actions to reduce U.S. food loss and waste (FLW). Under the bill, food loss means the food that does not reach a consumer as a result of an issue in the production, storage, processing, or distribution phase. Food waste...


118th Congress: House Bill No. 5315

August 29, 2023 / Referred to a Committee

Rural Forest Markets Act of 2023

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Rural Forest Market Investment Program to guarantee environmental impact bonds, loans, or other investment vehicles to enable rural private forest landowners to participate in voluntary environmental credit markets (i.e., voluntary markets through which environmental credits may be bought or...



118th Congress: House Bill No. 3986

June 9, 2023 / Referred to a Committee

ICELAND Act

This bill establishes that a national of Iceland shall be eligible for an E visa (for an investor or trader who is a national of a foreign country with a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States) if Iceland provides a similar nonimmigrant status to U.S. nationals.


118th Congress: House Bill No. 3873

June 6, 2023 / Referred to a Committee

Ocean Regional Opportunity and Innovation Act of 2023

This bill directs the Department of Commerce to designate at least seven entities as Ocean Innovation Clusters. Ocean Innovation Clusters are hubs for private, public, and academic stakeholders to collaborate on opportunities to promote and enhance the maritime industry and the Blue Economy. In designating entities, Commerce shall prioritize entities...


118th Congress: House Bill No. 676

May 10, 2023 / Referred to a Committee

Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2023

This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Ocean Acidification Advisory Board to collaborate with various entities affected by ocean acidification and coastal acidification (i.e., the decrease in pH and changes in water chemistry of certain bodies of water and waterways). Specifically, NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program...


118th Congress: House Bill No. 3159

May 9, 2023 / Referred to a Committee

Food Date Labeling Act of 2023

This bill establishes requirements for the format of quality date and discard date labels on food packaging. Specifically, the bill requires the quality date on a food label (i.e., the date after which the quality of the item may deteriorate) to include the phrase BEST If Used By or the...


118th Congress: House Bill No. 2723

April 19, 2023 / Referred to a Committee

Local Farms and Food Act of 2023

This bill modifies the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP), the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP). The bill reauthorizes LAMP through FY2028, provides additional funding for the program, and expands the program to include grants for food hubs. The bill defines a food...


118th Congress: House Bill No. 2441

March 30, 2023 / Referred to a Committee

Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2023

This bill modifies and implements policies and procedures related to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and benefits for veterans who have experienced military sexual trauma (MST), which is generally defined as physical assault of a sexual nature, battery of a sexual nature, or sexual harassment that occurred while...


118th Congress: House Bill No. 1840

March 28, 2023 / Referred to a Committee

Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023

This bill establishes, expands, and revises multiple programs and activities of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) primarily to reduce carbon emissions from the agriculture sector. Specifically, USDA must finalize and implement a plan to achieve net-zero emissions from the sector by 2040. USDA must periodically review and revise the plan,...


118th Congress: House Bill No. 1721

March 22, 2023 / Referred to a Committee

Healthy H2O Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a program under which USDA awards grants for improving the quality of drinking water in certain rural areas. Grants may be given to individuals or entities, such as home owners, renters, and licensed child-care facilities, that have demonstrated the presence...


118th Congress: House Bill No. 1517

March 9, 2023 / Referred to a Committee

Relief for Farmers Hit with PFAS Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a grant program to help states and other entities address contamination by perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, on agricultural land and commercial farms. Specifically, the USDA program must provide an eligible government (e.g., a state, territory,...


118th Congress: House Bill No. 1325

March 1, 2023 / Referred to a Committee

Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to provide employment authorization for eligible asylum applicants. Currently, such individuals are not entitled to employment authorization but may be granted such by the Department of Justice. Such employment authorization is valid until the date on which an applicant is issued a...


118th Congress: House Bill No. 945

February 9, 2023 / Referred to a Committee

Strengthening Local Processing Act of 2023

This bill revises provisions related to meat and poultry processing establishments, including smaller establishments (i.e., at least 10 but fewer than 500 employees) and very small establishments (i.e., fewer than 10 employees or annual sales of less than $2.5 million). For example, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish a...