Increasing Tribal Input on Nutrition Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced
Summary
Tribal consultation is the bill’s core goal: it would require the Department of Agriculture to formally include Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations in how two federal food programs are designed and run. The bill also creates clear emergency rules for food supply disruptions to keep commodities flowing to reservations and tribal programs.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Emergency food response for Tribes
If enacted, the bill would define a "supply chain disruption" when the Agriculture Secretary finds food shortages stop distribution, including large warehouse failures. The Secretary would have to name an emergency warehouse contractor within 45 days of that finding and publish and notify affected Tribes and States. The Secretary could pay or reimburse Tribes that run the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations so Tribes could buy food during the disruption, but payments could not exceed what USDA would otherwise spend for that Tribe in the same period. Emergency purchases would generally need to be U.S.-made, replace the Tribe's existing package types, and be similar or higher in nutrition unless the Secretary waives those rules.
More Tribal input on food programs
If enacted, the Secretary would have to consult with Tribes before evaluating Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations contracts and use Tribal feedback in those evaluations. The Secretary would also hold yearly consultations on the Commodity Supplemental Food Program and provide technical help to State agencies on how to run those meetings. State agencies would be encouraged to consult in good faith with Tribes before filing CSFP plan amendments and to include documentation of those consultations.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
NE • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
MN • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
John Hoeven
ND • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
NV • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
CO • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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