Introduced:
Mar 31, 2025
Policy Area:
Agriculture and Food
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Latest Action
Apr 18, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Summaries (1)
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<p><strong>Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits any reevaluation or update to the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) that results in an increase in food insecurity (i.e., an increase in the number of households that lack adequate food as a result of having insufficient money and other resources to acquire food).</p><p>As background, USDA created the TFP (the cost of purchasing a nutritionally adequate low-cost diet), which is used to determine maximum monthly benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). USDA calculates the cost of the TFP (i.e., the market basket of goods) each year to account for food price inflation. Under a provision of the 2018 farm bill, USDA must reevaluate the market basket of goods every five years based on current food prices, food composition data, consumption patterns, and dietary guidance. </p>
Actions (4)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Type: Committee
| Source: House committee actions
| Code: H11000
Apr 18, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H11100
Mar 31, 2025
Introduced in House
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| Source: Library of Congress
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Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 1000
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Subjects (1)
Agriculture and Food
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Mar 31, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:09 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2489 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2489
To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing a thrifty food
plan update under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 or reevaluation
that would result in an increase in food insecurity.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 31, 2025
Ms. Brown (for herself, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr.
Cohen, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Adams, Ms.
Jacobs, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Fields,
Ms. Norton, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Smith
of Washington, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Figures, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Landsman, Ms.
Salinas, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Riley of New York, Ms. Ansari, Mrs. Ramirez,
Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Watson Coleman,
Mr. Latimer, Mrs. Dingell, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Khanna, Mr.
Tonko, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mrs.
McClain Delaney, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Soto, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr.
Bell, Ms. Rivas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Chu, Ms. Johnson of
Texas, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Meng, Ms.
Scanlon, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and Ms. Strickland)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing a thrifty food
plan update under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 or reevaluation
that would result in an increase in food insecurity.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2489 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2489
To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing a thrifty food
plan update under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 or reevaluation
that would result in an increase in food insecurity.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 31, 2025
Ms. Brown (for herself, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr.
Cohen, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Adams, Ms.
Jacobs, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Fields,
Ms. Norton, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Smith
of Washington, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Figures, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Landsman, Ms.
Salinas, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Riley of New York, Ms. Ansari, Mrs. Ramirez,
Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Watson Coleman,
Mr. Latimer, Mrs. Dingell, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Khanna, Mr.
Tonko, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mrs.
McClain Delaney, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Soto, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr.
Bell, Ms. Rivas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Chu, Ms. Johnson of
Texas, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Meng, Ms.
Scanlon, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and Ms. Strickland)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing a thrifty food
plan update under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 or reevaluation
that would result in an increase in food insecurity.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2.
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 3
(u) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.
(u) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2012
(u) ) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph
(1) by inserting
after the 2d sentence the following: ``Each re-evaluation or update
shall not result in an increase in food insecurity and shall continue
to adjust the cost of the diet in accordance with paragraphs
(1) through
(4) , as applicable. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
term `food insecurity' means the number of households that lack
adequate food as a result of having insufficient money and other
resources to acquire food.''.
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