S 561 · in committee · significant
Healthy SNAP Act of 2025
- economy
What this bill does
- This bill restricts SNAP benefits from purchasing soft drinks, candy, ice cream, and prepared desserts.
- Low-income households using SNAP benefits are directly affected by these food purchase restrictions.
- USDA must create nutrition standards and review eligible foods every five years; states may propose alternative foods if nutritionally equivalent.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would restricting SNAP purchases of soft drinks and candy affect low-income families' food budgets and their ability to afford other groceries?
- 02
What evidence supports the assumption that limiting specific foods through SNAP will improve nutrition outcomes compared to other approaches?
- 03
Should states have flexibility to define nutritionally equivalent alternatives, or should nutrition standards be uniform across all fifty states?
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Sponsor · R-UT
Mike Lee
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Introduced 2025-02-13
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-13 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2025-02-13 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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