A bill to support nutrition, farmers, the seafood industry, agricultural research, wood energy and innovation, and indigenous self-determination, and for other purposes.

This bill makes changes to federal food, farm, seafood, research, forestry, and Tribal programs. It creates grants and loans to start food banks in remote communities in noncontiguous states, lets SNAP benefits pay delivery fees for food shipped to rural villages in those states, and creates forgivable loans of $150,000 or $250,000 for small food processors. It requires labels such as "Genetically Engineered" and "Cultivated" on certain fish products, sets rules for a "wild USA seafood" label, and bars federal agencies from permitting commercial finfish farming in federal ocean waters unless a later law allows it. It also funds seaweed and agricultural research, requires certain federal agencies to buy only U.S.-grown cut flowers, and lets Tribes contract to run some Department of Agriculture programs.

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Sponsors

• Lisa Murkowski Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors