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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2512
5	5	To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit supplemental
6	6	nutrition assistance program benefits to be used to purchase additional
7	7	types of food items.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH31, 2025
10	10	Ms. M
11	11	ENG(for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr.
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13	13	UNNof Iowa, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. BALINT, Mr. BELL, Ms.
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15	15	ONAMICI, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTER
16	16	of Louisiana, Ms. C
17	17	ASTORof Florida, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms.
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19	19	HU, Ms. CLARKEof New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COSTA, Mr. DAVISof
20	20	North Carolina, Mrs. D
21	21	INGELL, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANSof Pennsyl-
22	22	vania, Mr. E
23	23	VANSof Colorado, Mr. FROST, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARCIA
24	24	of California, Mr. G
25	25	OLDMAN of New York, Mr. G OMEZ, Mr.
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27	27	OTTHEIMER, Mr. HARDERof California, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACOBS,
28	28	Mr. J
29	29	OHNSONof Georgia, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLYof Illinois, Mr.
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31	31	HANNA, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. LATIMER, Mr.
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33	33	AWLER, Ms. LEGERFERNANDEZ, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr.
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35	35	CGARVEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. MIN, Mr. MORELLE,
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37	37	ORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. PETTERSEN, Ms. PINGREE, Mr.
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39	39	OCAN, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RILEYof New York, Ms. SALINAS, Ms.
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41	41	A´NCHEZ, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. SMITHof Washington, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr.
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43	43	UOZZI, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms.
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45	45	OKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TORRESof New York, Mr. TRAN, Mr.
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47	47	ARGAS, Mr. VASQUEZ, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, and Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN)
48	48	introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ag-
49	49	riculture
50	50	A BILL
51	51	To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit
52	52	supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to be
53	53	used to purchase additional types of food items.
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56	56	•HR 2512 IH
57	57	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
58	58	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
59	59	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
60	60	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hot Foods Act of 4
61	61	2025’’. 5
62	62	SEC. 2. HOT FOOD UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION AS-6
63	63	SISTANCE PROGRAM. 7
64	64	Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 8
65	65	U.S.C. 2012) is amended— 9
66	66	(1) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ‘‘consump-10
67	67	tion except alcoholic beverages, tobacco, hot foods or 11
68	68	hot food products ready for immediate consumption 12
69	69	other than those authorized pursuant to clauses (3), 13
70	70	(4), (5), (7), (8), and (9) of this subsection’’ and in-14
71	71	serting ‘‘consumption, including hot foods or hot 15
72	72	food products ready for immediate consumption and 16
73	73	excluding alcoholic beverages, tobacco’’; 17
74	74	(2) in subsection (o)(1)— 18
75	75	(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 19
76	76	(A), by striking ‘‘and consumption’’ and insert-20
77	77	ing ‘‘or home or immediate consumption’’; and 21
78	78	(B) in subparagraph (A)— 22
79	79	(i) by striking the subparagraph des-23
80	80	ignation and all that follows through ‘‘of-24
81	81	fers’’ and inserting the following: 25
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85	85	‘‘(A)(i) offers’’; 1
86	86	(ii) in clause (i) (as so designated), by 2
87	87	striking ‘‘or’’ at the end and inserting 3
88	88	‘‘and’’; and 4
89	89	(iii) by adding at the end the fol-5
90	90	lowing: 6
91	91	‘‘(ii) of which not more than 50 percent of 7
92	92	the total gross sales are from hot foods or hot 8
93	93	food products ready for immediate consump-9
94	94	tion; or’’; and 10
95	95	(3) in subsection (q)(2)— 11
96	96	(A) by striking ‘‘include accessory’’ and in-12
97	97	serting the following: ‘‘include— 13
98	98	‘‘(A) accessory’’; 14
99	99	(B) in subparagraph (A) (as so des-15
100	100	ignated), by striking the period at the end and 16
101	101	inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 17
102	102	(C) by adding at the end the following: 18
103	103	‘‘(B) hot foods or hot food products ready 19
104	104	for immediate consumption.’’. 20
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