STORE Act of 2025

This bill changes a federal grant program that helps food banks pay for equipment and facilities under the Emergency Food Assistance Act. Grants would go to the state agency each state designates, instead of directly to emergency feeding organizations, and preference would be given to projects serving Tribal, low income, and remote communities. Allowed uses would include equipment to distribute food, storage for federal and other donated food, mobile and home delivery, and renovating facilities, with up to 10 percent of a grant for administrative costs. The bill would authorize $25 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. It would also require the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report within 2 years on national shortages of cold storage and delivery vehicles for emergency food organizations, and it provides $1 million for that study.

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Sponsors

• Suzanne Bonamici Democrat sponsor
• 3 cosponsors