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Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025

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.

Introduced Mar 31, 2025

Latest action (Apr 18, 2025) Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Referred to
Agriculture Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Issues
Healthcare

Summary

This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to restrict how the Department of Agriculture can update the thrifty food plan, which determines Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit levels. Any update or re-evaluation of the thrifty food plan would be prohibited if it would result in an increase in food insecurity, defined as households lacking adequate food due to insufficient money or resources to acquire it. The bill requires that adjustments to the cost of the diet continue to follow existing guidelines. The measure establishes food insecurity as a constraint on how the benefit calculation can be changed going forward.

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Sponsor (1)
71 cosponsors

Actions (3)
  1. Apr 18, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. · house
  2. Mar 31, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
  3. Mar 31, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Mar 31, 2025

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Full text

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. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE THRIFTY FOOD PLAN IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Section 3(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.”. <all>

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