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Feeding Families Not Fear Act of 2026

To amend Public Law 119-21 to rescind the increased appropriations for immigration and customs enforcement (ICE), and to reverse the harmful reduction in supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

Introduced Mar 18, 2026

Latest action (Mar 18, 2026) Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

Referred to
Agriculture Committee Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Issues
Healthcare

Summary
  • Repeals increased federal funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that was included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
  • Returns unspent appropriated funds from the ICE funding increases.
  • Reverses reductions to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits that were made under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
  • Restores SNAP and related program provisions to their state before the recent reductions were enacted.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
22 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Shontel M. Brown’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • MINUTEMEN FAMILY OF COMPANIES $13,200
  • MALLARD INVESTMENTS, INC. $6,600
  • LATHAM & WATKINS $6,600
  • CARNEGIE CORPORATION $6,600
  • LUPA SYSTEMS LLC $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Shontel M. Brown → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 18, 2026 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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. · house
  2. Mar 18, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 3281 — Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025 · Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 81%
  • HR 7522 — Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2026 · Introduced Mar 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 79%
  • HR 6088 — Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 13, 2026 · Cong. 119 77%
  • S 3603 — COLAs Don’t Count Act of 2026 · Introduced Jan 8, 2026 · Cong. 119 77%
  • HR 3887 — SNAP Anti-Theft and Victim Compensation Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • S 1628 — Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2025 · Introduced May 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Mar 18, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 18, 2026

Ms. Brown (for herself and Mr. McGovern) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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

A BILL

To amend Public Law 119-21 to rescind the increased appropriations for immigration and customs enforcement (ICE), and to reverse the harmful reduction in supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

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 “Feeding Families Not Fear Act of 2026”.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 119-21.

(a) Repeal of Increased Appropriations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.—Sections 90003 and 100052 of Public Law 119-21 (139 Stat. 358, 387) (commonly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) are repealed, and the unobligated balances of amounts made available under such sections (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act) are hereby rescinded.

(b) Restoration of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits Under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.—Subtitle A of title I of Public Law 119-21 (139 Stat. 80-85) is repealed, and all provisions of law amended by such subtitle are restored and revived as if such subtitle had not been enacted into law. <all>

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