# 119-hr-6776: Farmers to Families Act

119-hr-6776, Farmers to Families Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-22).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6776
- Congress: 119
- Title: Farmers to Families Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-12-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-22

## Summary

**This bill would change the Child Nutrition Act to** expand federal nutrition benefits to buy locally produced foods and create a national technical-assistance center to help farmers and markets connect to those programs. - WIC participants and families could use cash-value benefits and coupons at more local sellers, including farmers markets, roadside stands, and pre-order box arrangements. States must make those coupon and cash-value funds accessible through the same electronic benefits transfer (EBT) device. - Farmers and market operators gain new sales channels and simpler enrollment. Farmers are automatically designated as eligible sellers for the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program and the Agriculture Secretary must publish a joint producer portal within 90 days. - State agencies and operators would follow a single EBT access-device model and a qualified payment-device list with rulemaking to allow one integrated device to accept benefits. The bill also creates a competitively selected Technical Assistance Center to train, share best practices, assist compliance, and report annually within 18 months.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More WIC and farmers market access: benefit, medium. If enacted, WIC and Farmers' Market Nutrition Program benefits would be usable at more local food sellers. Within 18 months, WIC cash-value and coupon funds could buy fresh, local, unprepared foods and pre-order boxes from covered local producers. The bill would expand FMNP redemption sites to incl…
- Technical help for farmers and markets: benefit, low. If enacted, USDA would set up a Technical Assistance Center within 18 months. The Center would train farmers and market operators on SNAP, FMNP, SFMNP, WIC, and accepting EBT payments. USDA would run a competition to pick who operates the Center and require the Center to send annual reports startin…
- New rules and devices to accept EBT: mixed, low. If enacted, the Secretary would publish a list of qualified payment devices and rules within 18 months so vendors can accept EBT with a single device. States would be required to have CSAs use those qualified devices to accept EBT once the list exists. The Secretary would also post a single USDA po…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6776 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6776)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8870)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6776 (as of 2026-07-22).