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Amends section 19 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028) to modify multiple subparagraphs: inserting text in subsection (a) paragraphs (1)(A), (2), (3) including adding a 'Full use of funds' clause directing 100% of certain funds to American Samoa for specified fiscal years; and changes subsection (b)(1)(A) first sentence to replace the phrase about receiving payments with 'Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act'.
Amends definitions in section 3 by inserting text into subsection (r) and by modifying subsection (u)(3)(A) to require cost adjustments in the Thrifty Food Plan for Hawaii, urban and rural Alaska, and Puerto Rico to reflect local food costs.
Amends section 5 by making several edits: inserting text in subsection (b) first sentence; adding Puerto Rico to the list in subsection (c)(1) replacing 'and Guam' with 'Guam, and Puerto Rico'; and inserting text into subsection (e) paragraphs (1)(A) and (6)(B) in specified places.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced March 2, 2026 by Kirsten Gillibrand · Last progress March 2, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced in Senate