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H.R. 8424119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Apr 21, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Promoting Access to Local Agriculture Act of 2026
Introduced:
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USDA would create one shared signup process so local farmers can join SNAP, WIC, and other food benefit programs without separate applications.
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This bill would direct USDA to streamline how local farmers and ranchers sign up to accept federal food benefits. USDA could build one combined application or make approval in one program automatically pre-qualify a farmer for the others. The bill also requires USDA to provide standardized technology, such as a single device or mobile app, so farmers can process customers' benefits at farmers markets.
Local farmers and ranchers who sell directly to consumers, such as at farmers markets, would be affected. The programs involved are SNAP, WIC, the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and a nutrition incentive program.
Right now, farmers must fill out a separate application for each federal food program they want to join. This bill would reduce that paperwork burden by replacing multiple processes with one.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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.