119-hr3784

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3784 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3784

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and the Emergency Food 
Assistance Act of 1983 to make commodities available for the Emergency 
 Food Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 5, 2025

 Ms. Salinas (for herself, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Balint, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Costa, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, 
Mr. Fields, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Scanlon, 
 Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Stansbury, and Ms. 
 Strickland) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Agriculture

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 A BILL

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and the Emergency Food 
Assistance Act of 1983 to make commodities available for the Emergency 
 Food Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Farmers Feeding America Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF COMMODITIES FOR THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE 
 PROGRAM.

 

Section 27

    (a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2036

    (a) ) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``2023'' each place it appears (except in 
 paragraph

    (2)
            (D) 
            (ix) ) and inserting ``2030''; and

    (2) in paragraph

    (2) --
        (A) in subparagraph
            (D) --
            (i) in clause
            (viii) , by striking ``and'' 
 at the end; and
            (ii) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (x) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 
 2030, $500,000,000; and''; and
        (B) in subparagraph
        (E) --
            (i) by striking ``2024'' and inserting 
 ``2030''; and
            (ii) by striking ``specified in 
 subparagraph
            (D) 
            (ix) '' and inserting 
 ``described in subparagraph
            (D) 
            (x) ''.

SEC. 3. EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION.

 

Section 204

    (a)

    (1) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 
U.S.C. 7508

    (a)

    (1) ) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking 
``$100,000,000'' and inserting ``$200,000,000''.

SEC. 4. EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS.

 

Section 209
            (d) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 
U.S.C. 7511a
            (d) ) is amended by striking ``2023'' and inserting 
``2030''.

SEC. 5. GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED STATES.

 

Section 214 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 
7515) is amended--

    (1) in subsection
            (c) , by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) Alternative delivery options for geographically 
 isolated states.--
 ``
        (A) Definition of geographically isolated 
 state.--In this paragraph, the term `geographically 
 isolated State' means--
 ``
            (i) the State of Hawaii;
 ``
            (ii) the State of Alaska;
 ``
            (iii) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
 ``
            (iv) the Commonwealth of the Northern 
 Mariana Islands;
 ``
            (v) the Virgin Islands of the United 
 States; and
 ``
            (vi) Guam.
 ``
        (B) Alternative delivery options.--At the request 
 of a geographically isolated State, the Secretary shall 
 coordinate with the geographically isolated State--
 ``
            (i) to establish alternative delivery 
 options for commodities allocated to that 
 geographically isolated State under this 
 section to ensure that the geographically 
 isolated State is able to receive those 
 commodities; and
 ``
            (ii) to allow for the geographically 
 isolated State to order commodities through the 
 Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable 
 Program.
 ``
            (C) Direct purchase option.--The Secretary may 
 transfer to a geographically isolated State the cash 
 value of not more than 20 percent of the commodities 
 allocated to that geographically isolated State under 
 this section to be used by the geographically isolated 
 State to procure domestically grown food in lieu of 
 receipt of those commodities.''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (e) Fresh Produce Packages.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--In purchasing fresh produce packages to 
 provide under the program established under this Act, the 
 Secretary may consider additional factors beyond lowest price 
 in determining winning bids for contracts for those fresh 
 produce packages, including product variety and transportation 
 distance.
 ``

    (2) Nutrition.--The Secretary shall carry out paragraph

    (1) in a manner that maintains the goal of maximizing the 
 amount of nutritious food available through the program 
 described in that paragraph.''.
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