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To amend the Food and Nutrition Act to modify the definition of food under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill modifies what foods and beverages can be purchased with SNAP benefits by excluding sugary drinks and snack foods from the program. Specifically, it bans the purchase of nonalcoholic beverages that are not water, milk, milk substitutes, or 100 percent juice, as well as snack and dessert items listed in federal USDA guidance. The bill also allows individual states to request additional waivers to prohibit other foods they determine to be unhealthy from being purchased with SNAP benefits.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (R-KY)
Actions (2)
- Mar 25, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- Mar 25, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 25, 2025
Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act to modify the definition of food 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 “Nutritious SNAP Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF FOOD; WAIVER OF ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN FOOD.
(a) Definition of Food.—Section 3(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “home consumption” and inserting “home consumption, subject to section 11(y),”; and
(2) by inserting “, any nonalcoholic beverage that is not water, cow’s milk, a milk-substitute beverage (such as almond milk, soy milk, and coconut milk), or 100 percent juice, snack and dessert food items (as described in the supplemental guidance document of the Food and Nutrition Service, effective as of March 5, 2018, entitled ‘Accessory Foods List’),” before “tobacco”.
(b) Waiver of Eligibility of Certain Food.—Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(y) Waiver of Eligibility of Certain Food.—The Secretary shall permit a State agency, on request of the State agency, to prohibit the use of benefits to purchase food that the applicable State nutrition agency determines to be unhealthy food.”. <all>
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