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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2489 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing a thrifty food plan |
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| 6 | 6 | | update under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 or reevaluation that |
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| 7 | 7 | | would result in an increase in food insecurity. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH31, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ROWN(for herself, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | OHEN, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. |
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| 15 | 15 | | DAMS, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois, Mr. CARSON, Mrs. |
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| 17 | 17 | | EATTY, Mr. FIELDS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. |
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| 19 | 19 | | ELLYof Illinois, Mr. SMITHof Washington, Mrs. SYKES, Mr. FIGURES, |
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| 20 | 20 | | Mr. V |
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| 21 | 21 | | ARGAS, Mr. LANDSMAN, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RILEY |
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| 22 | 22 | | of New York, Ms. A |
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| 23 | 23 | | NSARI, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. JOHNSON |
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| 24 | 24 | | of Georgia, Ms. T |
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| 25 | 25 | | ITUS, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Mr. LATIMER, Mrs. |
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| 27 | 27 | | INGELL, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. |
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| 29 | 29 | | HOMPSONof Mississippi, Mr. BISHOP, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mrs. |
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| 31 | 31 | | CCLAINDELANEY, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. SOTO, Mr. CARTERof Louisiana, |
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| 32 | 32 | | Mr. B |
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| 33 | 33 | | ELL, Ms. RIVAS, Mr. GOLDMANof New York, Ms. CHU, Ms. JOHN- |
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| 34 | 34 | | SONof Texas, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. |
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| 36 | 36 | | ENG, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. DAVISof Illinois, and |
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| 37 | 37 | | Ms. S |
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| 38 | 38 | | TRICKLAND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 39 | 39 | | Committee on Agriculture |
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| 40 | 40 | | A BILL |
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| 41 | 41 | | To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing a |
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| 42 | 42 | | thrifty food plan update under the Food and Nutrition |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act of 2008 or reevaluation that would result in an |
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| 44 | 44 | | increase in food insecurity. |
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| 47 | 47 | | •HR 2489 IH |
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| 48 | 48 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 49 | 49 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 51 | 51 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hunger-Free Future 4 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 53 | 53 | | SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE THRIFTY FOOD PLAN IN THE 6 |
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| 54 | 54 | | SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE 7 |
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| 55 | 55 | | PROGRAM. 8 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Section 3(u) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 9 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (7 U.S.C. 2012(u)) is amended in the matter preceding 10 |
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| 58 | 58 | | paragraph (1) by inserting after the 2d sentence the fol-11 |
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| 59 | 59 | | lowing: ‘‘Each re-evaluation or update shall not result in 12 |
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| 60 | 60 | | an increase in food insecurity and shall continue to adjust 13 |
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| 61 | 61 | | the cost of the diet in accordance with paragraphs (1) 14 |
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| 62 | 62 | | through (4), as applicable. For purposes of the preceding 15 |
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| 63 | 63 | | sentence, the term ‘food insecurity’ means the number of 16 |
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| 64 | 64 | | households that lack adequate food as a result of having 17 |
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| 65 | 65 | | insufficient money and other resources to acquire food.’’. 18 |
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