Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6776
Farmers to Families Act
Refreshed 3 h ago
Introduced 2025-12-17Topic: agriculture food · social services · public healthSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would let people in the WIC nutrition program for women, infants, and children use their fruit-and-vegetable cash-value benefits and farmers' market coupons to buy fresh, local, unprepared food from farmers, farmers' markets, food hubs, and community supported agriculture programs, including pre-order boxes. States would have to put these benefits on the electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card that participants already use. The Secretary of Agriculture would set a list of approved single payment devices that sellers must use to accept these card payments. Farmers would be automatically authorized to accept farmers' market program benefits. The Department of Agriculture would create a single online application portal and guidance, and would fund a technical assistance center to help farmers and market operators accept federal nutrition benefits.
Sponsors
- Lauren Underwood Democrat sponsor
- 3 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. | refer |
| 2025-12-17 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. | refer |
| 2025-12-17 | House | Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. | refer |
| 2025-12-17 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-12-17 | Introduced in House | introduce |