119-s1202

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1202 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1202

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit supplemental 
nutrition assistance program benefits to be used to purchase additional 
 types of food items.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 31, 2025

Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Van Hollen, 
Mr. Welch, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Blumenthal, 
and Mr. Markey) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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 A BILL

 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit supplemental 
nutrition assistance program benefits to be used to purchase additional 
 types of food items.

 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 ``Hot Foods Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. HOT FOOD UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

 

Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is 
amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (k)

    (1) , by striking ``consumption except 
 alcoholic beverages, tobacco, hot foods or hot food products 
 ready for immediate consumption other than those authorized 
 pursuant to clauses

    (3) ,

    (4) ,

    (5) ,

    (7) ,

    (8) , and

    (9) of this 
 subsection'' and inserting ``consumption, including hot foods 
 or hot food products ready for immediate consumption and 
 excluding alcoholic beverages, tobacco'';

    (2) in subsection

    (o)

    (1) --
        (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by 
 striking ``and consumption'' and inserting ``or home or 
 immediate consumption''; and
        (B) in subparagraph
        (A) --
            (i) by striking the subparagraph 
 designation and all that follows through 
 ``offers'' and inserting the following:
 ``
        (A)
            (i) offers'';
            (ii) in clause
            (i) (as so designated), by 
 striking ``or'' at the end and inserting 
 ``and''; and
            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (ii) of which not more than 50 percent of the 
 total gross sales are from hot foods or hot food 
 products ready for immediate consumption; or''; and

    (3) in subsection

    (q)

    (2) --
        (A) by striking ``include accessory'' and inserting 
 the following: ``include--
 ``
        (A) accessory'';
        (B) in subparagraph
        (A) (as so designated), by 
 striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; 
 and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (B) hot foods or hot food products ready for 
 immediate consumption.''.
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