S. 4779
Introduced in Senate · June 25, 2026June 15, 2026
Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To support nutrition, farmers, the seafood industry, agricultural research, wood energy and innovation, and indigenous self-determination, and for other purposes.
1. Table of contents; 2. Definition of Secretary; TITLE I—IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS; 101. Improving micro-grants for food security program; 102. Grants and loans for food distribution in frontier communities; 103. Acceptance of SNAP benefits through online transactions for certain delivery costs; 104. Nonduplication of penalty; 105. Tolerance level for excluding small errors; 106. Fee agents serving rural Alaska residents; 107. Pilot program to purchase locally produced food; TITLE II—IMPROVING SUPPORT FOR FARMERS AND FOOD PROCESSING; 201. Forgivable loans for small commercial food processing; 202. Improving the geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers program; TITLE III—IMPROVING SEAFOOD INDUSTRY; 301. Country of origin labeling for cooked crab; 302. Eligibility of wild-caught fish and shellfish; 303. Domestic seafood production; 304. Grant program to promote the reuse, recycling, and sustainable use of marine products from seafood industry; 305. Wild USA seafood label; 306. Market name for genetically engineered fish; 307. Market name for cultivated fish; TITLE IV—IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; 401. Funding for agricultural research in States without Agricultural Research Service facilities; 402. Seaweed methane reduction research grants; 403. Urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production research, education, and extension initiative; 404. Reports and regulations on coastal seaweed farming; TITLE V—SUPPORTING FORESTRY; 501. Community wood energy and wood innovation program; TITLE VI—SUPPORTING UNITED STATES FLORICULTURE; 601. Limitation on procurement; TITLE VII—IMPROVING TRIBAL SELF-DETERMINATION; 701. Agricultural self-determination and self-governance; 702. Buy Indian Act modifications; 703. Water systems for Alaska Native villages and rural villages; 704. Reauthorization of grant program