March 31, 2025
Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Balint, Mr. Bell, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Costa, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Min, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Riley of New York, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Tran, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Vasquez, Ms. Velázquez, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to be used to purchase additional types of food items.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Hot Foods Act of 2025
.
Sec. 2. Hot food under supplemental nutrition assistance program
Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (k)(1), by striking consumption except alcoholic beverages, tobacco, hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption other than those authorized pursuant to clauses (3), (4), (5), (7), (8), and (9) of this subsection
and inserting consumption, including hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption and excluding alcoholic beverages, tobacco
;
(2)
in subsection (o)(1)—
(A)
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking and consumption
and inserting or home or immediate consumption
; and
(B)
in subparagraph (A)—
(i)
by striking the subparagraph designation and all that follows through offers
and inserting the following:
(A)
(i)
offers;
(ii)
in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking or
at the end and inserting and
; and
(iii)
by adding at the end the following:
(ii)
of which not more than 50 percent of the total gross sales are from hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption; or; and
(3)
in subsection (q)(2)—
(A)
by striking include accessory
and inserting the following:
include—
(A)
accessory;
(B)
in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:
(B)
hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption.