SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5970 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5970

To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to 
  allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination 
  contracts with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to carry out 
              supplemental nutrition assistance programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2023

  Mr. Neguse (for himself and Mr. Cole) introduced the following bill

                            October 25, 2023

                Referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to 
  allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination 
  contracts with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to carry out 
              supplemental nutrition assistance programs.

    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 ``SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. SELF-DETERMINATION FOR SNAP.

    Title I of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 112. SELF-DETERMINATION FOR SNAP.

    ``(a) Agriculture Self-Determination Authorized.--The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall enter into self-determination contracts, in 
accordance with subsection (b), with Indian Tribes and Tribal 
organizations, on the request of any Indian Tribe by Tribal resolution, 
to plan, conduct, and administer any function, service, or activity of 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for the Indian 
Tribe.
    ``(b) Self-Determination Contract.--A self-determination contract 
entered into under subsection (a) shall have the same terms and 
conditions, and be subject to the same procedures, regulations, and 
requirements, as a self-determination contract entered into under 
section 102, except that the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Department of Agriculture shall be the appropriate Secretary and agency 
for purposes of a self-determination contract entered into under 
subsection (a).
    ``(c) Technical Assistance.--The Office of Self-Governance of the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs shall provide technical assistance regarding 
the self-determination contracts authorized under this section to--
            ``(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; and
            ``(2) Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations that request 
        that assistance.''.

SEC. 3. SELF-GOVERNANCE FOR SNAP.

    Title IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5361 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 418. SELF-GOVERNANCE FOR SNAP.

    ``(a) Agriculture Self-Governance Authorized.--The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall enter into self-governance compacts and funding 
agreements, in accordance with subsection (b), with Indian Tribes and 
Tribal organizations, on the request of any Indian Tribe by Tribal 
resolution, to plan, conduct, and administer any function, service, or 
activity of the supplemental nutrition assistance program established 
under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for 
the Indian Tribe.
    ``(b) Self-Governance Compact and Funding Agreement.--A self-
governance compact and funding agreement entered into under subsection 
(a) shall have the same terms and conditions, and be subject to the 
same procedures, regulations, and requirements, as a self-governance 
compact and funding agreement entered into under sections 40 and 403, 
except that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Department of 
Agriculture shall be the appropriate Secretary and agency for purposes 
of a self-governance compact and funding agreement under this section.
    ``(c) Technical Assistance.--The Office of Self-Governance of the 
Department of the Interior shall provide technical assistance regarding 
the self-governance compacts and funding agreements authorized under 
this section to--
            ``(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; and
            ``(2) Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations that request 
        that assistance.''.
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