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The bill directs multi-year federal funding and procurement changes to expand access to fresh, culturally relevant foods and create markets for small/regional producers—improving local food security and resilience—while increasing federal spending, administrative complexity, and the risk that some small nonprofits or existing suppliers may be disadvantaged during implementation.
Low-income families, food-insecure households, and community feeding programs will gain greater access to fresh, culturally and religiously relevant foods through State purchases and USDA procurement decisions.
Small, underserved, beginning, and mid-sized farmers and distributors will gain new and more stable market opportunities from State and USDA procurement, likely increasing farm revenue and rural jobs.
The bill provides dedicated funding ($200 million per year FY2026–2030) to States to buy and distribute commodity foods through emergency feeding networks, boosting capacity of states and nonprofit partners to serve people in need.
Taxpayers face increased federal spending of about $200 million per year through FY2030, which could add to budgetary costs or require offsets.
The new and shifted procurement priorities and reporting requirements will raise administrative and transaction costs for States and USDA (more planning, reporting, contracting complexity), potentially increasing program costs and diverting staff time.
Smaller emergency feeding organizations risk being disadvantaged if States favor larger distribution partners, which could concentrate benefits and reduce reach to some communities.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Creates a competitive State program to buy priority agricultural products from eligible local entities for emergency feeding and establishes a USDA procurement working group; authorizes $200M/year (FY2026–2030).
Introduced December 12, 2025 by Kim Schrier · Last progress December 12, 2025
Creates a new competitive State grant program to buy defined “priority agricultural products” from eligible local producers and distributors for distribution through emergency feeding organizations, requires State plans, reporting, and USDA guidance, and authorizes $200 million per year for FY2026–2030. Also establishes a USDA cross-agency working group to review and recommend ways federal procurement can better support a wider range of producers, improve nutrition security, expand access to culturally and religiously relevant foods, strengthen local and regional food systems, support rural jobs, and reduce production/distribution concentration.