Fresh Produce for Families Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4841 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4841

    To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to allow for 
 commodities under the emergency food assistance program to be ordered 
  through the Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2026

 Mr. Schiff (for himself and Mrs. Hyde-Smith) introduced the following 
      bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL

 
    To amend the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to allow for 
 commodities under the emergency food assistance program to be ordered 
  through the Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fresh Produce for Families Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. OPTION FOR PURCHASING TEFAP THROUGH DOD FRESH.

    Section 214(c) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 
U.S.C. 7515(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Option for purchasing through dod fresh.--At the 
        request of a State agency, the Secretary may allow the State 
        agency to use not more than 20 percent of the cost of the 
        commodities allocated to that State agency under this section 
        to order commodities through the Department of Defense Fresh 
        Fruit and Vegetable Program.''.
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