FDPIR Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2026

This Act may be cited as the FDPIR Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2026.
Title I of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
The Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into self-determination contracts, in accordance with subsection (b), with Tribal organizations, on the request of any Indian Tribe by Tribal resolution, to carry out the food distribution program on Indian reservations established under section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)).
A self-determination contract entered into under subsection (a) shall have the same terms and conditions, and be subject to the same procedures, regulations, and requirements, as a self-determination contract entered into under section 102, except that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture shall be the appropriate Secretary and agency for purposes of a self-determination contract entered into under subsection (a).
The Office of Self-Governance of the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall provide technical assistance with respect to a self-determination contract authorized under subsection (a)—
to the Secretary of Agriculture; and
to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations that request that assistance.