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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3784 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and the Emergency Food 
Assistance Act of 1983 to make commodities available for the Emergency 
Food Assistance Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2025 
Ms. SALINAS (for herself, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. BALINT, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. 
CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COSTA, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
DELUZIO, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, 
Ms. SCANLON, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. 
STANSBURY, and Ms. STRICKLAND) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to make com-
modities available for the Emergency Food Assistance 
Program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farmers Feeding 
America Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF COMMODITIES FOR THE EMER-
GENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2023’’ each place it appears 
(except in paragraph (2)(D)(ix)) and inserting 
‘‘2030’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(x) for each of fiscal years 2026 
through 2030, $500,000,000; and’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (E)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘2030’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘specified in subpara-
graph (D)(ix)’’ and inserting ‘‘described in 
subparagraph (D)(x)’’. 
SEC. 3. EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM STORAGE AND DIS-
TRIBUTION. 
Section 204(a)(1) of the Emergency Food Assistance 
Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1)) is amended, in the first 
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sentence, by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$200,000,000’’. 
SEC. 4. EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE 
GRANTS. 
Section 209(d) of the Emergency Food Assistance 
Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7511a(d)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’. 
SEC. 5. GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED STATES. 
Section 214 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act 
of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7515) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE
DELIVERY
OPTIONS
FOR 
GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED STATES.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION
OF
GEOGRAPHICALLY 
ISOLATED STATE.—In this paragraph, the term 
‘geographically isolated State’ means— 
‘‘(i) the State of Hawaii; 
‘‘(ii) the State of Alaska; 
‘‘(iii) the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico; 
‘‘(iv) the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands; 
‘‘(v) the Virgin Islands of the United 
States; and 
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‘‘(vi) Guam. 
‘‘(B) ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY OPTIONS.— 
At the request of a geographically isolated 
State, the Secretary shall coordinate with the 
geographically isolated State— 
‘‘(i) to establish alternative delivery 
options for commodities allocated to that 
geographically isolated State under this 
section to ensure that the geographically 
isolated State is able to receive those com-
modities; and 
‘‘(ii) to allow for the geographically 
isolated 
State 
to 
order 
commodities 
through the Department of Defense Fresh 
Fruit and Vegetable Program. 
‘‘(C) DIRECT
PURCHASE
OPTION.—The 
Secretary may transfer to a geographically iso-
lated State the cash value of not more than 20 
percent of the commodities allocated to that 
geographically isolated State under this section 
to be used by the geographically isolated State 
to procure domestically grown food in lieu of re-
ceipt of those commodities.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) FRESH PRODUCE PACKAGES.— 
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‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—In 
purchasing 
fresh 
produce packages to provide under the program es-
tablished under this Act, the Secretary may consider 
additional factors beyond lowest price in determining 
winning bids for contracts for those fresh produce 
packages, including product variety and transpor-
tation distance. 
‘‘(2) NUTRITION.—The Secretary shall carry 
out paragraph (1) in a manner that maintains the 
goal of maximizing the amount of nutritious food 
available through the program described in that 
paragraph.’’. 
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