March 31, 2025
Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Welch, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Markey) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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.