Nutrition Administration Assistance Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6966 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6966

  To provide additional funds to States for administration of certain 
                          nutrition programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2026

  Ms. Leger Fernandez (for herself and Ms. Stansbury) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide additional funds to States for administration of certain 
                          nutrition 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 ``Nutrition Administration Assistance 
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATION COSTS.

    (a) Commodity Supplemental Food Program.--In addition to funds 
otherwise made available to State agencies to pay administration costs 
incurred by State agencies to carry out section 5 of the Agriculture 
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note), 70 percent of 
the funds appropriated under section 3 shall be provided to States for 
such administration costs.
    (b) Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983.--In addition to funds 
otherwise made available to States to pay administration costs incurred 
by States to carry out State plans under section 203A of the Emergency 
Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7504), 20 percent of the funds 
appropriated under section 3 shall be provided to States for such 
administration costs.
    (c) Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.--In addition to 
funds otherwise made available to the Secretary of Agriculture for 
administration costs to carry out section 4402 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007), 10 percent of the funds 
appropriated under section 3 shall be provided to States for such 
administration costs.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
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