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SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2026
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.
Summary
- Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination contracts with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to administer supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) services
- Allows Indian Tribes to request and plan, conduct, and administer SNAP functions and activities for their own communities through tribal resolutions
- Makes self-determination contracts for SNAP subject to the same terms, conditions, procedures, and regulations as other self-determination contracts under federal Indian law
- Designates the Secretary of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture as the appropriate federal agencies for overseeing SNAP self-determination contracts with tribes
- Requires the Office of Self-Governance of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to provide technical assistance to the Secretary of Agriculture and to tribes or tribal organizations that request help with SNAP self-determination contracts
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD)
Actions (2)
- Jun 18, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. · senate
- Jun 18, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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
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.”. <all>
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