S 813 · in committee · significant
SHOPP Act of 2025
- healthcare
- economy
What this bill does
- The bill expands a USDA nutrition program to include frozen fruits and vegetables alongside fresh produce.
- Low-income SNAP participants and families facing food insecurity are affected.
- The USDA will prioritize grant applications that offer year-round frozen produce incentives with no specified cost.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might allowing frozen fruits and vegetables in SNAP benefits affect food access for low-income families in rural areas with limited fresh produce availability?
- 02
What evidence supports that frozen produce incentives will reduce food insecurity compared to the current fresh-only approach, and what are the implementation costs?
- 03
How would prioritizing year-round frozen produce grants impact SNAP program budgets, and which populations might experience different outcomes under this expansion?
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Sponsor · R-TX
John Cornyn
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
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Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-03-03
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Legislative timeline
2025-03-03 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2025-03-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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