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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 2912
To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to
allow the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into self-determination con-
tracts with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations to carry out supple-
mental nutrition assistance programs.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER21, 2023
Ms. S
MITH(for herself and Mr. ROUNDS) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
A BILL
To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education As-
sistance Act to allow the Secretary of Agriculture to
enter into self-determination contracts with Indian Tribes
and Tribal organizations to carry out supplemental nutri-
tion assistance programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SNAP Tribal Food 4
Sovereignty Act of 2023’’. 5
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SEC. 2. SELF-DETERMINATION FOR SNAP. 1
Title I of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-2
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.) is amended 3
by adding at the end the following: 4
‘‘SEC. 112. SELF-DETERMINATION FOR SNAP. 5
‘‘(a) A
GRICULTURESELF-DETERMINATIONAUTHOR-6
IZED.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into self- 7
determination contracts, in accordance with subsection 8
(b), with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, on the 9
request of any Indian Tribe by Tribal resolution, to plan, 10
conduct, and administer any function, service, or activity 11
of the supplemental nutrition assistance program estab-12
lished under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 13
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for the Indian Tribe. 14
‘‘(b) S
ELF-DETERMINATIONCONTRACT.—A self-de-15
termination contract entered into under subsection (a) 16
shall have the same terms and conditions, and be subject 17
to the same procedures, regulations, and requirements, as 18
a self-determination contract entered into under section 19
102, except that the Secretary of Agriculture and the De-20
partment of Agriculture shall be the appropriate Secretary 21
and agency for purposes of a self-determination contract 22
entered into under subsection (a). 23
‘‘(c) T
ECHNICALASSISTANCE.—The Office of Self- 24
Governance of the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall provide 25
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technical assistance regarding the self-determination con-1
tracts authorized under this section to— 2
‘‘(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; and 3
‘‘(2) Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations 4
that request that assistance.’’. 5
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