3.0.0 2504 2025-12-05T09:24:19Z 2025-12-05T09:24:19Z Senate S S 2023-07-26 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2504 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-07-26T15:38:10Z 118 4943 HR 2023-09-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture. Identical bill CRS 2023-07-26 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2023-07-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN N F000479 Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] John Fetterman D PA K. 2023-07-26 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2023-07-26 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2023-07-26 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2023-07-26 True W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT 2023-07-26 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2023-07-26 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2024-02-12 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion 2024-05-22T18:42:35Z Congressional oversight 2024-05-22T18:42:35Z Food assistance and relief 2024-05-22T18:42:35Z Food industry and services 2024-05-22T18:42:35Z Food supply, safety, and labeling 2024-05-22T18:42:35Z Nutrition and diet 2024-05-22T18:42:35Z Agriculture and Food 2023-08-24T19:00:31Z

00 2023-07-26 Introduced in Senate 2024-11-20T17:38:37Z <p><strong>Enabling Farmers to Benefit from Processing Nutrition Programs Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a streamlined process for farmers and ranchers to provide benefits under certain federal nutrition programs (i.e., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program; the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); and the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program).</p><p>Specifically, USDA must establish a streamlined application process&nbsp;for farmers and ranchers to apply to be vendors under the nutrition programs, including by developing a single application for the programs or an information sharing system. USDA must also develop a streamlined process for these vendors to use standardized technology&nbsp;to process program benefits&nbsp;(such as a single piece of equipment or a mobile application).</p><p>Further, USDA must ensure that the program benefit processing equipment and systems made available by a state agency is appropriate for the entity. For example, this includes ensuring wireless or mobile processing equipment and technology systems are appropriate&nbsp;for farmers markets and other direct-to-consumer markets.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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