HR 2512

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 31, 2025

Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Balint, Mr. Bell, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Costa, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Min, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio- Cortez, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Riley of New York, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Tran, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Vasquez, Ms. Velazquez, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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.”. <all>