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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 813 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the use of |
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| 6 | 6 | | supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase soda. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | ELFintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 11 | 11 | | on Agriculture |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit |
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| 14 | 14 | | the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program |
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| 15 | 15 | | benefits to purchase soda. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Funding is Zero for 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Zero Nutrition Options (FIZZ-NO) Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | U.S.C. 2012) is amended— 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) in subsection (k) by inserting ‘‘soda,’’ after 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ‘‘alcoholic beverages,’’, and 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 813 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) by inserting after subsection (r) the fol-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | lowing: 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(r–1) ‘Soda’ means a carbonated beverage that con-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | tains more than 1 gram of added sugar, artificial sweet-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ener, or flavoring per serving.’’. 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | This Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the enactment of this Act. 8 |
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