SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4832 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4832

To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to
  allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination
  contracts with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to carry out
              supplemental nutrition assistance programs.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2026

 Ms. Smith (for herself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill;
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to
  allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination
  contracts with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to carry out
              supplemental nutrition assistance programs.

    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 ``SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of
2026''.

SEC. 2. SELF-DETERMINATION FOR SNAP.

    Title I of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act (25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``SEC. 112. SELF-DETERMINATION FOR SNAP.

    ``(a) Agriculture Self-Determination Authorized.--The Secretary of
Agriculture shall enter into self-determination contracts, in
accordance with subsection (b), with Indian Tribes and Tribal
organizations, on the request of any Indian Tribe by Tribal resolution,
to plan, conduct, and administer any function, service, or activity of
the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for the Indian
Tribe.
    ``(b) Self-Determination Contract.--A self-determination contract
entered into under subsection (a) shall have the same terms and
conditions, and be subject to the same procedures, regulations, and
requirements, as a self-determination contract entered into under
section 102, except that the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Department of Agriculture shall be the appropriate Secretary and agency
for purposes of a self-determination contract entered into under
subsection (a).
    ``(c) Technical Assistance.--The Office of Self-Governance of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs shall provide technical assistance regarding
the self-determination contracts authorized under this section to--
            ``(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; and
            ``(2) Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations that request
        that assistance.''.
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