Delivering for Rural Seniors Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3718 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3718 To amend the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to establish a pilot program to award grants to facilitate home delivery of commodities under the commodity supplemental food program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 28, 2026 Mr. Kelly (for himself and Mr. Husted) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to establish a pilot program to award grants to facilitate home delivery of commodities under the commodity supplemental food program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Delivering for Rural Seniors Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM HOME DELIVERY PILOT PROGRAM. The Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 93-86) is amended by inserting after section 5 the following: ``SEC. 5A. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM HOME DELIVERY PILOT PROGRAM. ``(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are-- ``(1) to award grants for the operation of projects that increase access for low-income elderly persons to commodities through home delivery; and ``(2) to evaluate those projects. ``(b) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Commodity supplemental food program.--The term `commodity supplemental food program' means the program established under section 4. ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means-- ``(A) a local agency; or ``(B) a subdistributing agency. ``(3) Loc