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The bill invests federal dollars to build regional food processing, storage, and distribution capacity and to expand market access for small and underserved producers—boosting local economies, jobs, and supply‑chain resilience—while requiring significant federal spending and creating administrative and competitive design choices that may favor larger organizations and strain state and Hub capacity.
Small- and mid-sized farmers and local food businesses gain expanded market opportunities and potential new revenue through increased aggregation, processing, storage, distribution capacity and grant support.
Regional investments and Hubs prioritize rural, underserved, and Tribal communities for processing/aggregation/storage capacity and create new institutional procurement channels, increasing local access to markets and jobs.
Local and regional processing/storage capacity and Hub support strengthen supply-chain resilience, reducing the risk of local shortages from disruptions.
Taxpayers and the federal budget face increased costs because the program requires substantial new federal appropriations (notably $200M/year for infrastructure grants plus $75M/year for Hubs), creating trade-offs with other priorities and potential deficit impacts.
Very small producers, grassroots groups, and some Tribal applicants may be disadvantaged because competitive grant processes, minimum award structures, and cooperative agreement competitions can favor established nonprofits or universities.
State agriculture offices, Regional Hubs, and program beneficiaries could face significant administrative burdens from required matching/planning/outreach/audits and federal oversight/reporting, straining capacity and diverting resources from direct services.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Creates a USDA program to fund state cooperative agreements and at least 10 regional Hubs to strengthen mid-supply-chain food infrastructure, authorizing $75M/year for FY2027–FY2031.
Official title: Amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to permanently authorize the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program, to establish regional food systems hubs, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 18, 2026 by Adam Schiff · Last progress June 18, 2026
Creates a new USDA program to strengthen mid-supply-chain infrastructure for locally and regionally produced food by partnering with States and competitively funding at least 10 regional "Hubs" plus a national intertribal Hub. The Hubs will provide technical and financial assistance, support procurement and market access, prioritize underserved producers, report annually, and are supported by an authorization of $75 million per year for fiscal years 2027–2031.