Bill repeals nutrition law sections — but what they did remains unclear.

What it does

This bill repeals sections 10101–10108 of Public Law 119–21, restoring any laws those sections had amended or repealed. Without access to what Public Law 119–21 actually contained, the civic effect cannot be determined from this text alone — the bill's impact depends entirely on what those sections did.

Why we flagged it

The bill's sole mechanism is to repeal sections 10101–10108 of Public Law 119–21 and restore prior law. Without the text of those sections, the functional character cannot be determined — it could be a nutrition-assistance expansion, a cut, or a technical correction.

What the text implies

• The bill restores whatever law existed BEFORE Public Law 119–21 sections 10101–10108 amended it — potentially reverting years of policy changes in a single repeal.
• If Public Law 119–21 was a recent omnibus or appropriations bill, sections 10101–10108 may have contained multiple unrelated nutrition provisions; repealing them all at once could have cascading effects across SNAP, WIC, school meals, and farm programs.
• The title 'Restoring Food Security' suggests the prior law was more generous, but the text does not confirm this — the bill could equally restore a more restrictive regime if that was what preceded 119–21.

Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.

Who it affects

The bill's civic effect is indeterminate without knowing what Public Law 119–21 sections 10101–10108 actually did. If those sections cut nutrition assistance, repealing them would restore benefits (net benefit). If they expanded assistance, repealing them would cut it (net cost). The title suggests food-security restoration, but the text alone cannot confirm the direction.

Named in the bill

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Public Law 119–21, USDA (implied), SNAP (implied), WIC (implied)

Where it stands

46 cosponsors: 44 Democrats, 2 Independents.

• Nov 20, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
• Nov 20, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

5 lobbying clients named this bill on 6 disclosure filings across 3 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $3,255,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 45 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.

More lobbying clients named this bill than 78% of bills with at least one filing.

Ben Luján, the sponsor, reported $1,880,294 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.

• Friends Committee on National Legislation — $2,000,000 on 2 filings
• American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees — $690,000 on 1 filing
• Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. — $480,000 on 1 filing
• National Women's Law Center Action Fund — $75,000 on 1 filing
• Center for Science in the Public Interest — $10,000 on 1 filing

Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.