On Feb., 2026, House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) announced a weather-related postponement of the full committee markup of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 (H.R. 7567). The markup will now occur on March 3, 2026.

As a reminder, H.R. 7567 would change laboratory testing standards for state and tribal governments regulating hemp products. State and tribal regulators would have to establish a procedure to test the total tetrahydrocannabinol concentration, or THC, a psychoactive compound in the plant. Current law requires the labs to only test for delta-9 THC. The 2018 farm bill legalized hemp with less than 0.3 percent of delta-9 THC, leading to the proliferation of intoxicating hemp products and raising concerns about potential health risks. The fiscal 2026 Department of Agriculture/FDA appropriations spending law set a 0.3 percent limit on total THC content, effectively banning intoxicating hemp products starting in November.

The legislation’s nutrition title would direct USDA to make an online purchasing pilot program for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, or food stamps, an option nationwide. The bill also includes a provision directing states to move to chip-enabled electronic benefit cards, a technology designed to reduce food stamp fraud. Currently only California and Alabama have issued EBT chip cards to beneficiaries, and seven states have transition projects underway. For more details on the bill, view a title-by-title summary here and the full text here.