EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3471 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3471 To improve purchasing of food by the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 15, 2025 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Welch, and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve purchasing of food by the Department of Agriculture, 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 ``Enabling Farmer, Food worker, Environmental, and Climate Targets through Innovative, Values-aligned, and Equitable Food Procurement Act'' or the ``EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that the Department of Agriculture, as one of the largest food purchase…