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S. 4785 119th Congress Senate

FDPIR Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination contracts wit… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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 Tribal organizations to carry out the food distribution program on Indian reservations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 15, 2026 Introduced by: Tina Smith Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Jun 15, 2026
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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FDPIR Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2026

This bill expands and makes permanent a pilot program through which the Department of Agriculture must enter into self-determination contracts with tribal organizations, upon the request of an Indian tribe, to carry out the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). (FDPIR provides, in lieu of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food commodities to low-income households on Indian reservations and to Native American families residing in Oklahoma or in designated areas near Oklahoma.)

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Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Jun 15, 2026
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4785: FDPIR Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4785/
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"S. 4785: FDPIR Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4785/.
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