HR 2489 · in committee · significant
Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025
- economy
What this bill does
- The bill prevents the USDA from updating the Thrifty Food Plan if the change would increase food insecurity.
- This affects SNAP recipients and low-income households that depend on food assistance benefits.
- The bill blocks required five-year updates to the food cost calculation used to set SNAP benefit amounts.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would freezing the Thrifty Food Plan updates affect SNAP recipients if food costs rise faster than benefit amounts?
- 02
What evidence exists that the current food cost calculations accurately reflect actual grocery prices for low-income households today?
- 03
Which stakeholders—grocers, nutritionists, or budget officials—would be most impacted by preventing the scheduled five-year review of SNAP benefit calculations?
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Sponsor · D-OH-11
Shontel M. Brown
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
70/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-04-18
Joining the bill

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
D-FL-20 · original

Danny K. Davis
D-IL-7 · original

Alma S. Adams
D-NC-12 · original

Joyce Beatty
D-OH-3 · original

Troy A. Carter
D-LA-2 · original

Yassamin Ansari
D-AZ-3 · original

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
D-GA-2 · original

Steve Cohen
D-TN-9 · original

André Carson
D-IN-7 · original

Judy Chu
D-CA-28 · original

Wesley Bell
D-MO-1 · original

Suzan K. DelBene
D-WA-1 · original
+ 58 more
Legislative timeline
2025-04-18 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
2025-03-31 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2025-03-31 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-03-31 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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