Food and Nutrition Delivery Safety Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8046 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8046

  To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to establish online and
              delivery standards, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2026

 Mr. Figures (for himself, Mr. Mannion, Mrs. McBath, and Ms. Brownley)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL

  To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to establish online and
              delivery standards, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Food and Nutrition Delivery Safety
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. ONLINE AND DELIVERY STANDARDS.

    Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Online and Delivery Standards.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date
        of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator of the Food
        and Nutrition Service, in consultation with the Administrator
        of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Commissioner of
        Food and Drugs, the Director of the Office of Science and
        Technology Policy, and relevant stakeholders, shall establish--
                    ``(A) for any retail food store or wholesale food
                concern authorized to accept and redeem benefits under
                the supplemental nutrition assistance program that
                accepts benefits through an online or mobile platform,
                standards for the safe and secure online use of the
                online or mobile platforms by participants in the
                supplemental nutrition assistance program and retail
                participants, including with respect to digital privacy
                and cybersecurity of the user; and
                    ``(B) for any retail food store or wholesale food
                concern authorized to accept and redeem benefits under
                the supplemental nutrition assistance program that
                provides delivery services for foods purchased using
                those benefits, delivery standards that aim--
                            ``(i) to promote fair and safe working
                        conditions for the employees of that delivery
                        service, including paying prevailing wages; and
                            ``(ii) to keep food safe and secure during
                        delivery.
            ``(2) Report requirement.--Not later than 18 months after
        the date on which the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition
        Service establishes standards under paragraph (1), the
        Secretary shall promulgate regulations that require a retail
        food store or wholesale food concern seeking authorization
        under this section to accept and redeem benefits under the
        supplemental nutrition assistance program to submit to the
        Secretary a report describing compliance with the standards
        established under paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Effects of noncompliance.--If a retail food store or
        wholesale food concern does not comply with the standards
        established under paragraph (1), that retail food store or
        wholesale food concern--
                    ``(A) shall lose authorization to participate in
                the supplemental nutrition assistance program; and
                    ``(B) may reapply for that authorization upon
                demonstrating that the retail food store or wholesale
                food concern, as applicable, is in compliance with
                those standards.''.
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