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HR6834119th CongressWALLET

STORE Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]

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Summary

Shifts Emergency Food Assistance Program infrastructure grants to State agencies to sharpen distribution for Tribal, low-income, and remote communities and to raise funding and capacity for refrigerated storage and delivery. This bill would expand eligible activities, widen eligible partners, and require a USDA study on refrigeration and trucking shortages.

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  • Families and households: Would target resources to improve food delivery in Tribal, low-income, and remote areas, including support for expanded mobile and home delivery options and better refrigerated storage.
  • Emergency food organizations and local partners: Grants would flow through the State agency instead of standalone feeding groups, allow funding for distribution activities, renovations, assessments, and include governmental and Tribal partners. Administrative costs on grants would be limited to 10 percent.
  • Tribal and underserved communities and funding: The bill sets a grant preference for Tribal, low-income, and remote areas and raises the infrastructure grant funding to $25.0 million per year for FY2026–2030.

*This bill would increase federal spending by at least $25.0 million per year for FY2026–2030 and provides a $1.0 million appropriation for the required USDA study.*

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More grants for emergency food programs

This bill would change Emergency Food Assistance infrastructure grants. It would make the State agency named in the State plan the main grant recipient. It would authorize $25 million each year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. Grants would fund renovating facilities, mobile and home delivery, outreach studies, distribution equipment, and other items needed to safely distribute food. Nonprofit, governmental, and Tribal partners could get supported funds. Not more than 10 percent of each grant would pay administrative costs.

Study national cold storage shortfalls

This bill would require USDA to study shortages of refrigerated and frozen storage and refrigerated delivery vehicles used by emergency food organizations. The report would be due not later than 2 years after enactment. The study would estimate the national cost to meet needs for coolers, freezers, refrigerated and dry trucks, and trailers. The bill would define emergency food organization by reference to the Emergency Food Assistance Act. Congress would provide $1 million, available until expended, to pay for the study.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]

OR • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]

    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

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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