STORE Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would refocus emergency food infrastructure grants by shifting control to State agencies and expanding cold-storage, delivery, and Tribal and underserved community support. It would also raise available funding and require a national cold storage needs study.
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- Shifts grant administration to State agencies and increases authorized funding from $15 million to $25 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. This redirects how EFAP infrastructure dollars flow to states rather than mainly to feeding nonprofits.
- Prioritizes Tribal, low-income, and remote communities and adds mobile and home delivery and outreach assessments to reach households. It expands eligible implementers to include governmental and Tribal entities alongside nonprofits.
- Broadens eligible uses to include renovating space, distributing USDA and other commodities, and funding delivery vehicles while capping administrative costs at 10 percent of each grant. It also requires a National Cold Storage Needs Report with a $1 million appropriation to estimate shortages and costs.
*Would increase federal spending by authorizing $25 million per year for FY2026–2030 and by providing a $1 million appropriation for the national study.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Study of cold storage and trucks
This bill would require USDA to study national shortages of refrigerated and frozen storage and delivery vehicles used by emergency food organizations. The department would finish the report within two years of enactment. The study would estimate national costs for coolers, freezers, refrigerated and dry trucks, and trailers. It would define 'emergency food organization' using the Emergency Food Assistance Act. The bill would appropriate $1 million, available until expended, to carry out the study.
More grants for emergency food
This bill would change who gets emergency food infrastructure grants. The State agency named in each State plan would receive Section 209 grants and could give money to food banks, Tribal governments, and other eligible groups. Grants could pay to renovate buildings, buy mobile and home delivery services, support outreach assessments or professional studies, and cover commodities from USDA or other sources. Administrative costs on each grant could not exceed 10 percent. The bill would authorize $25 million for each fiscal year 2026 through 2030 and would prioritize Tribal, low-income, and remote underserved areas.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
OR • D
Cosponsors
Schrier
WA • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Roll Call Votes
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