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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 643 

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to modernize the farmers’ market 

nutrition program under the special supplemental nutrition program for 

women, infants, and children, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 2, 2023 

Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Ms. ERNST) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to modernize 

the farmers’ market nutrition program under the special 

supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and 

children, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farm Fresh Food for 

5 Families Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WIC FARMERS’ MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 17(m) of the Child Nutri8 tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘coupon’’ each place it appears 

2 and inserting ‘‘food instrument’’; 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘coupons’’ each place it appears 

4 and inserting ‘‘food instruments’’; 

5 (3) by striking ‘‘(m)(1) Subject to’’ and insert6 ing the following: 

7 ‘‘(m) FARMERS’ MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to’’; 

9 (4) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘markets’’ 

10 and all that follows through ‘‘roadside stands’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘markets, roadside stands (at the option of 

12 a State), and community supported agriculture pro13 grams (at the option of a State)’’; 

14 (5) by striking paragraph (3); 

15 (6) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 

16 (10) as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively, 

17 and indenting the paragraphs, and the subpara18 graphs, clauses, and subclauses within those para19 graphs, in accordance with the margin of paragraph 

20 (1) (as so amended); 

21 (7) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)— 

22 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

23 (A), by striking ‘‘(4) Each State’’ and inserting 

24 the following: 

25 ‘‘(4) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Each State’’; 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 ‘‘funds—’’ in the matter preceding clause (i) 

3 and all that follows through the period at the 

4 end of clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘funds provided 

5 under the grant.’’; 

6 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘be— 

7 ’’ in the matter preceding clause (i) and all that 

8 follows through the period at the end of clause 

9 (ii) and inserting ‘‘be less than $20 per year.’’; 

10 (D) in subparagraph (E)— 

11 (i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, farm12 ers’ markets, and community supported 

13 agriculture programs’’ after ‘‘producers’’; 

14 and 

15 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘only to 

16 purchase’’ and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘only— 

18 ‘‘(I) for a scrip, as defined by the 

19 Secretary, to exchange for fresh nutri20 tious unprepared foods for human 

21 consumption; or 

22 ‘‘(II) to purchase’’; and 

23 (E) in subparagraph (F)— 

24 (i) in clause (ii)— 


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1 (I) by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘3 percent’’; and 

3 (II) by inserting ‘‘, including ef4 forts to develop efficient and appro5 priate electronic benefit systems,’’ 

6 after ‘‘technical assistance’’; and 

7 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘con8 tribute’’ and all that follows through the 

9 period at the end and inserting ‘‘con10 tribute.’’; 

11 (8) in paragraph (5)(B)(i) (as so redesignated), 

12 by striking ‘‘if a State provides the amount of 

13 matching funds required under paragraph (3), the’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘a’’; 

15 (9) in paragraph (8)(A) (as so redesignated), by 

16 striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2029’’; and 

17 (10) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)— 

18 (A) by striking subparagraph (A); 

19 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

20 through (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), 

21 respectively; 

22 (C) by inserting before subparagraph (C) 

23 (as so redesignated) the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRI25 CULTURE PROGRAM.—The term ‘community 


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1 supported agriculture program’ means a pro2 gram under which— 

3 ‘‘(i) a farmer or group of farmers 

4 grows food for a group of shareholders or 

5 subscribers, who pledge to buy a portion of 

6 the 1 or more crops grown by the farmer 

7 or group for that season; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) a State agency may purchase 

9 shares or subscribe to the community sup10 ported agriculture program on behalf of in11 dividual farmers’ market nutrition pro12 gram participants. 

13 ‘‘(B) FOOD INSTRUMENT.—The term ‘food 

14 instrument’ means a coupon, voucher, electronic 

15 benefit transfer card, electronic benefit access 

16 device or technology, or other negotiable finan17 cial instrument that is used to obtain food ben18 efits under this section.’’; and 

19 (D) in each of subparagraphs (C) through 

20 (E) (as so redesignated), by inserting after the 

21 subparagraph designation a heading, the text of 

22 which comprises the term defined in that sub23 paragraph. 


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1 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

2 Section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

3 U.S.C. 1786(m)) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘paragraph (6)’’ each place it 

5 appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph (5)’’; and 

6 (2) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by sub7 section (a)(6))— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 

9 ‘‘paragraph (10)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

10 (8)’’; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (C)(iv), by striking 

12 ‘‘subparagraph (G)(i)’’ each place it appears 

13 and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (F)(i)’’; 

14 (C) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II), by strik15 ing ‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

16 (4)’’; and 

17 (D) in subparagraph (F)(iii), by striking 

18 ‘‘paragraph (10)(B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘para19 graph (8)(B)(ii)’’. 

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