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HR 4943 118th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Congressional oversight Food assistance and relief Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Nutrition and diet

Enabling Farmers to Benefit from Processing Nutrition Programs Act of 2023

Introduced: July 26, 2023 Introduced by: Scholten, Hillary J. Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Sep 25, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Jul 26, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 26, 2023
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Enabling Farmers to Benefit from Processing Nutrition Programs Act of 2023

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a streamlined process for farmers and ranchers to provide benefits under certain federal nutrition programs (i.e., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program; the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); and the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program).

Specifically, USDA must establish a streamlined application process for farmers and ranchers to apply to be vendors under the nutrition programs, including by developing a single application for the programs or an information sharing system. USDA must also develop a streamlined process for these vendors to use standardized technology to process program benefits (such as a single piece of equipment or a mobile application).

Further, USDA must ensure that the program benefit processing equipment and systems made available by a state agency are appropriate for the entity. For example, this includes ensuring wireless or mobile processing equipment and technology systems are appropriate for farmers markets and other direct-to-consumer markets.  

What's happening now September 25, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 6 Republican 1
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Lawler, Michael
New York · Sep 19, 2023
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Sep 19, 2023
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jul 26, 2023
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Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Jul 26, 2023
Payne, Donald
· Jul 26, 2023
Phillips, Dean
· Jul 26, 2023
 D
Thanedar, Shri
Michigan · Jul 26, 2023
 D
Tokuda, Jill N.
Hawaii · Jul 26, 2023
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Jul 26, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4943: Enabling Farmers to Benefit from Processing Nutrition Programs Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4943/
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"H.R. 4943: Enabling Farmers to Benefit from Processing Nutrition Programs Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4943/.
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