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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. 

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 

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. 

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 ‘‘SNAP Tribal Food 

5 Sovereignty Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SELF-DETERMINATION FOR SNAP. 

2 Title I of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu3 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.) is amended 

4 by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 112. SELF-DETERMINATION FOR SNAP. 

6 ‘‘(a) AGRICULTURE SELF-DETERMINATION AUTHOR7 IZED.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into self8 determination contracts, in accordance with subsection 

9 (b), with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, on the 

10 request of any Indian Tribe by Tribal resolution, to plan, 

11 conduct, and administer any function, service, or activity 

12 of the supplemental nutrition assistance program estab13 lished under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

14 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for the Indian Tribe. 

15 ‘‘(b) SELF-DETERMINATION CONTRACT.—A self-de16 termination contract entered into under subsection (a) 

17 shall have the same terms and conditions, and be subject 

18 to the same procedures, regulations, and requirements, as 

19 a self-determination contract entered into under section 

20 102, except that the Secretary of Agriculture and the De21 partment of Agriculture shall be the appropriate Secretary 

22 and agency for purposes of a self-determination contract 

23 entered into under subsection (a). 

24 ‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Office of Self25 Governance of the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall provide 


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1 technical assistance regarding the self-determination con2 tracts authorized under this section to— 

3 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; and 

4 ‘‘(2) Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations 

5 that request that assistance.’’. 

6 SEC. 3. SELF-GOVERNANCE FOR SNAP. 

7 Title IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu8 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5361 et seq.) is amended 

9 by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 418. SELF-GOVERNANCE FOR SNAP. 

11 ‘‘(a) AGRICULTURE SELF-GOVERNANCE AUTHOR12 IZED.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into self13 governance compacts and funding agreements, in accord14 ance with subsection (b), with Indian Tribes and Tribal 

15 organizations, on the request of any Indian Tribe by Trib16 al resolution, to plan, conduct, and administer any func17 tion, service, or activity of the supplemental nutrition as18 sistance program established under the Food and Nutri19 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for the Indian 

20 Tribe. 

21 ‘‘(b) SELF-GOVERNANCE COMPACT AND FUNDING

22 AGREEMENT.—A self-governance compact and funding 

23 agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall have the 

24 same terms and conditions, and be subject to the same 

25 procedures, regulations, and requirements, as a self-govVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:40 Nov 05, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5970.IH H5970

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1 ernance compact and funding agreement entered into 

2 under sections 40 and 403, except that the Secretary of 

3 Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture shall be 

4 the appropriate Secretary and agency for purposes of a 

5 self-governance compact and funding agreement under 

6 this section. 

7 ‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Office of Self8 Governance of the Department of the Interior shall pro9 vide technical assistance regarding the self-governance 

10 compacts and funding agreements authorized under this 

11 section to— 

12 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; and 

13 ‘‘(2) Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations 

14 that request that assistance.’’. 

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