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HR 1538 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Delivering for Rural Seniors Act of 2025

In plain language: This bill establishes a federal grant program to help states deliver groceries directly to low-income seniors enrolled in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, prioritizing those who live in rural areas. State agencies can pass the funding to local organizations to cover transportation, third-party delivery services, staffing, and community outreach. The proposal authorizes $10 million per year from 2026 through 2028 and requires states to track delivery costs and program effectiveness.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, issue tags, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—The bill targets low-income elderly participants in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, especially in rural areas, but does not provide a specific count of individuals who will receive home delivery services.
Fiscal magnitude$30.0Mprovisional · pending reviewSec. 2(5A)(i) authorizes $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028, totaling $30,000,000.
Reach23provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Spending vs. restraint+12Elder & long-term care+24SNAP & nutrition+28

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Low-income seniors participating in the Commodity Supplemental Food ProgramGain access to home delivery of food commodities through grant-funded local projects, with priority given to participants living in rural areas.provisional
  • Local food distribution agenciesReceive sub-grant funding to pay for transportation, staffing, outreach, and third-party delivery services to deliver food to program participants.provisional
  • State food assistance agenciesEligible to receive competitive federal grant funding of up to $4 million (or $60 per caseload participant) to operate home delivery projects.provisional
  • Third-party delivery providersCan receive payments funded by grants to provide commercial transportation and distribution services for food delivery.provisional

Who it burdens

  • State food assistance agenciesRequired to submit annual reports to the Secretary of Agriculture tracking delivery quantities, participants served, cost calculations, third-party evaluations, and best practices.provisional

Who backs it

  • Federal taxpayersAuthorizes $10 million in appropriations for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028 to fund the home delivery grant program.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to award competitive grants to state agencies to operate home delivery projects for low-income seniors participating in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, capped at the lesser of $4 million or $60 per state caseload participant.

    Sec. 2(5A)(b)-(d)provisional

  2. Requires state agencies to distribute grant funds to local food distribution entities to cover home delivery expenses, including transportation, third-party delivery services, staffing, and participant outreach.

    Sec. 2(5A)(e)provisional

  3. Requires state agencies to give grant funding priority to entities that serve program participants living in rural areas.

    Sec. 2(5A)(f)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Mar 28, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
  2. Feb 24, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 24, 2025Introduced in House

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Sources & provenance

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