Farm Fresh Food for Families Act of 2023

Subjects: Agriculture and Food


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 643 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.


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                   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

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                                 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.

    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 ``Farm Fresh Food for Families Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. WIC FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1786(m)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``coupon'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``food instrument'';
            (2) by striking ``coupons'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``food instruments'';
            (3) by striking ``(m)(1) Subject to'' and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(m) Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to'';
            (4) in paragraph (1), by striking ``markets'' and all that 
        follows through ``roadside stands'' and inserting ``markets, 
        roadside stands (at the option of a State), and community 
        supported agriculture programs (at the option of a State)'';
            (5) by striking paragraph (3);
            (6) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (10) as 
        paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively, and indenting the 
        paragraphs, and the subparagraphs, clauses, and subclauses 
        within those paragraphs, in accordance with the margin of 
        paragraph (1) (as so amended);
            (7) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``(4) Each State'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(4) Program requirements.--Each State'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``funds--'' in 
                the matter preceding clause (i) and all that follows 
                through the period at the end of clause (ii) and 
                inserting ``funds provided under the grant.'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``be--'' in 
                the matter preceding clause (i) and all that follows 
                through the period at the end of clause (ii) and 
                inserting ``be less than $20 per year.'';
                    (D) in subparagraph (E)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by inserting ``, 
                        farmers' markets, and community supported 
                        agriculture programs'' after ``producers''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``only to 
                        purchase'' and inserting the following: 
                        ``only--
                                    ``(I) for a scrip, as defined by 
                                the Secretary, to exchange for fresh 
                                nutritious unprepared foods for human 
                                consumption; or
                                    ``(II) to purchase''; and
                    (E) in subparagraph (F)--
                            (i) in clause (ii)--
                                    (I) by striking ``2 percent'' and 
                                inserting ``3 percent''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``, including 
                                efforts to develop efficient and 
                                appropriate electronic benefit 
                                systems,'' after ``technical 
                                assistance''; and
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking 
                        ``contribute'' and all that follows through the 
                        period at the end and inserting 
                        ``contribute.'';
            (8) in paragraph (5)(B)(i) (as so redesignated), by 
        striking ``if a State provides the amount of matching funds 
        required under paragraph (3), the'' and inserting ``a'';
            (9) in paragraph (8)(A) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``2015'' and inserting ``2029''; and
            (10) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A);
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) 
                as subparagraphs (C) through (E), respectively;
                    (C) by inserting before subparagraph (C) (as so 
                redesignated) the following:
                    ``(A) Community supported agriculture program.--The 
                term `community supported agriculture program' means a 
                program under which--
                            ``(i) a farmer or group of farmers grows 
                        food for a group of shareholders or 
                        subscribers, who pledge to buy a portion of the 
                        1 or more crops grown by the farmer or group 
                        for that season; and
                            ``(ii) a State agency may purchase shares 
                        or subscribe to the community supported 
                        agriculture program on behalf of individual 
                        farmers' market nutrition program participants.
                    ``(B) Food instrument.--The term `food instrument' 
                means a coupon, voucher, electronic benefit transfer 
                card, electronic benefit access device or technology, 
                or other negotiable financial instrument that is used 
                to obtain food benefits under this section.''; and
                    (D) in each of subparagraphs (C) through (E) (as so 
                redesignated), by inserting after the subparagraph 
                designation a heading, the text of which comprises the 
                term defined in that subparagraph.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 17(m) of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``paragraph (6)'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``paragraph (5)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by subsection 
        (a)(6))--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 
                ``paragraph (10)'' and inserting ``paragraph (8)'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)(iv), by striking 
                ``subparagraph (G)(i)'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``subparagraph (F)(i)'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II), by striking 
                ``paragraph (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (4)''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (F)(iii), by striking 
                ``paragraph (10)(B)(ii)'' and inserting ``paragraph 
                (8)(B)(ii)''.
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