GusNIP Expansion Act of 2026

This bill changes the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program, which gives incentives for buying fruits and vegetables. It keeps the federal share of nutrition incentive grant costs at no more than 50 percent but lets the Secretary of Agriculture waive that limit in counties or census tracts with long-term poverty of at least 20 percent. It requires the Secretary to set up cooperative agreements of at least 4 years with State SNAP agencies or their partners to scale statewide incentive programs. It splits produce prescription grants into smaller pilot grants ($100,000 to $400,000) and larger expansion grants ($1,000,000 to $2,500,000), creates a grant review panel, and orders a study on moving payment for produce prescriptions to health insurance programs. It also extends and sets program funding, including $56,000,000 for fiscal year 2032 and each year after.

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Sponsors

• Eric A. "Rick" Crawford Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors