,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ddhc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #aa1      
#bjbf,ms4 ,smith introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,agriculture to streamline applications
 from farmers to be vendors under       
certain nutrition programs1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,promoting     
,access to ,local ,agriculture ,act of  
#bjbf4  #b4 ,streamlining applications  
for farmers  7a7 ,definitions ,in this  
section3 7#a7 ,covered nutrition program
 ,the term covered nutrition program    
means-- 7,a7 the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program established under the
 ,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g 
,u4,s4,c4 #bjaa et seq472  7,b7 the     
senior farmers' market nutrition program
 established under section #ddjb of the 
,farm ,security and ,rural ,investment  

,act of #bjjb 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjg72     
7,c7 the special supplemental nutrition 
program for women1 infants1 and children
 established by section #ag of the      
,child ,nutrition ,act of #aiff 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #aghf71 including the farmers'
 market nutrition program under that    
program2 and  7,d7 the ,gus ,schumacher 
,nutrition ,incentive ,program          
established under section #ddje of the  
,food1 ,conservation1 and ,energy ,act  
of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #geag71 as       
practicable with respect to the         
activities carried out by the ,secretary
 under subsections 7b7 and 7c74  7#b7   
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of ,agriculture4  7b7    
,streamlined application process  7#a7  
,in general ,the ,secretary shall       
establish a streamlined application     
process-- 7,a7 for direct marketing     
farmers and ranchers to apply to be     
vendors under each of the covered       
nutrition programs2 and  7,b7 by-- 7i7  
developing a single application that a  

direct marketing farmer or rancher may  
use to apply to each of the covered     
nutrition programs2 or  7ii7 developing 
an information sharing system that--    
7,i7 shares the information of a direct 
marketing farmer or rancher who is      
approved as an authorized vendor under a
 covered nutrition program with each of 
the other covered nutrition programs2   
and  7,,ii7 deems that direct marketing 
farmer or rancher as a prequalified     
eligible vendor for those other covered 
nutrition programs4  7#b7 ,report ,not  
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
of the ,senate and the ,committee on    
,agriculture of the ,house of           
,representatives a report describing    
progress made in carrying out paragraph 
7#a74  7c7 ,streamlined processing of   
benefits ,the ,secretary shall establish
 a streamlined process for direct       
marketing farmers and ranchers that are 

vendors under any of the covered        
nutrition programs to process benefits  
under those programs through the use of 
standardized technology1 such as a      
single piece of equipment or a mobile   
application4  #c4 ,support for wireless 
and mobile equipment for certain        
entities ,section #g7;f77#b7 of the     
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjaf7;f77#b77 is amended--   
7#a7 by redesignating subparagraph 7,c7 
as subparagraph 7,d72 and  7#b7 by      
inserting after subparagraph 7,b7 the   
following3  7,c7 ,requirement ,the      
,secretary shall ensure that equipment  
or systems made available to entities   
described in clauses 7i7 and 7ii7 of    
subparagraph 7,b7 by a ,state agency or 
an implementing partner of a ,state     
agency is appropriate for the entity1   
including1 with respect to farmers      
markets and other direct-to-consumer    
markets1 wireless or mobile processing  
equipment and technology systems4  4