S3958-119

In Committee

Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 2, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses. The main policy domain is Agriculture, Transportation, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HFB8854D7480E4ACF9933ECB649DFC241: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act.
  • Section HB1F77771D1C149DDB72AD9B9D30DC90C: 2. Amendments to the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended— in subsection (r), by inserting...
  • Section H99EA0FD3A028442D8128EEDE884B1548: 3. Submission of plan of operation; technical assistance; determination and certification by Secretary of Agriculture On designating an agency of the kind...
  • Section H8FFFC80BF0E544F1AC0CF41AAFC2BB10: 4. Transition from the consolidated block grant for Puerto Rico The Secretary may continue to implement the then most recent approved consolidated block grant...
  • Section H1EDE9213A1C244F78CE7AE832F0F1BBB: 5. Consolidated block grant for Puerto Rico and American Samoa Section 19 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028) is amended— in subsection (a)—...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.

Key Policy Areas

Agriculture, Transportation, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses.

Policy Domains

Agriculture Transportation Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
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farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses
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federal implementing agencies:
farmers, ranchers, and agricultural businesses:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 2, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, …

Mar 2, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 2, 2026

Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Luján, Mr. Padilla, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Agriculture Transportation Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

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