119-hr479

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 479 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 479

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require the Secretary to 
 designate food and food products to be made available under the 
 supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 16, 2025

 Mr. Brecheen (for himself, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Biggs of 
Arizona, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Gosar, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, and Mr. Meuser) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Agriculture

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 A BILL

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require the Secretary to 
 designate food and food products to be made available under the 
 supplemental nutrition assistance program, 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 ``Healthy SNAP Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FOOD UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Definition of Food.--

Section 3

    (k)

    (1) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012

    (k)

    (1) ) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``except alcoholic beverages, tobacco'' and 
 inserting the following ``designated by the Secretary under 
 

section 4
            (d) , except any alcoholic beverages, tobacco, soft 
 drinks, candy, ice cream, prepared desserts such as cakes, 
 pies, cookies, or similar products''; and

    (2) by striking ``clauses'' and inserting ``paragraphs''.

    (b) Designated Food.--

Section 4 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (d) Designated Food.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
 of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall designate 
 by regulation the foods and food products that shall be 
 included in the definition of the term `food' under 

section 3

    (k)

    (1) .
 ``

    (2) Considerations.--In carrying out paragraph

    (1) , the 
 Secretary shall--
 ``
        (A) take into consideration food and food 
 products that--
 ``
            (i) based on nutrition research, contain 
 nutrients lacking in the diets of people in the 
 United States; and
 ``
            (ii) promote the health of the population 
 served by the supplemental nutrition assistance 
 program, based on relevant nutrition science, 
 public health concerns, and cultural eating 
 patterns; and
 ``
        (B) to the maximum extent practicable, ensure 
 that the fat, sugar, and salt content of the food and 
 food products is appropriate.
 ``

    (3) Review of available foods.--As frequently as 
 determined by the Secretary to be necessary to reflect the most 
 recent scientific knowledge, but not less frequently than once 
 every 5 years, the Secretary shall--
 ``
        (A) conduct a scientific review of the food and 
 food products designated under paragraph

    (1) ; and
 ``
        (B) amend those foods and food products, as 
 necessary, to reflect nutrition science, public health 
 concerns, and cultural eating patterns.
 ``

    (4) Prepared meals.--Prepared meals described in 

section 3

    (k) shall have nutritional values consistent with regulations 
 developed by the Secretary under this subsection.
 ``

    (5) Cultural cuisines.--To allow for different cultural 
 eating patterns, State agencies may, with the approval of the 
 Secretary, substitute different food for food designated under 
 paragraph

    (1) subject to the condition that the different food 
 is nutritionally equivalent to the substituted food.''.
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