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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4909 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve diet quality 
and nutrition security, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2023 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself and Mrs. CHAVEZ-DEREMER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve 
diet quality and nutrition security, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SNAP Nutrition Secu-
rity Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY. 
(a) DECLARATION
OF POLICY.—Section 2 of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Congress 
recognizes that the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
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gram established under this Act reduces food insecurity 
for tens of millions of households, yet more than 
10,000,000 households still suffer from food insecurity, 
according to the Department of Agriculture. Congress also 
recognizes that, according to the Department of Agri-
culture, approximately half of all adults in the United 
States (117,000,000 people) have 1 or more preventable 
chronic diseases, many of which are related to poor quality 
eating patterns. Accordingly, it is the policy of Congress 
that the Department of Agriculture should administer the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program in a manner 
that will further reduce food insecurity, increase nutrition 
security, and improve the diet quality for low-income peo-
ple in the United States, especially children. Food pro-
grams administered by the Department of Agriculture 
should simultaneously combat food insufficiency and diet- 
related chronic diseases, including obesity, diabetes, hyper-
tension, heart disease, and cancer, which cause immense 
suffering, significantly increase already high health care 
spending, increase poverty, and undermine military readi-
ness.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (h) through 
(k), (l), (m), and (n) through (v) as subsections (i) 
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‘‘(k) STORE-LEVEL DATA COLLECTION AND SHAR-
ING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall collect 
the data described in paragraph (2) from a suffi-
cient number of retail food stores approved for par-
ticipation in the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program that utilize an integrated electronic cash 
register system to enable the Secretary to provide 
State- and nationally-representative data in the re-
ports required under section 31. 
‘‘(2) DATA DESCRIBED.—The data referred to 
in paragraph (1) is store-level point-of-sale data that 
identifies the specific food items acquired at a retail 
food store by eligible households using benefits. 
‘‘(3) PAPERWORK
REDUCTION
ACT.—Chapter 
35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘Paperwork Reduction Act’), shall not apply 
to this subsection.’’. 
(d) STATE REPORTS UNDER NUTRITION EDUCATION 
AND OBESITY PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 
28(c)(9) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2036a(c)(8)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
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(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) a description of actions taken by the 
State to enhance the food security and nutrition 
security of participants in the supplemental nu-
trition assistance program; and 
‘‘(F) recommendations, if applicable, re-
garding administering the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program in a manner that would 
enhance food security and nutrition security in 
the State.’’. 
(e) FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY.—The Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 31. FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY REPORT; FOOD 
SALES REPORT. 
‘‘(a) FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this section, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives a report on food security 
and nutrition security in the United States. 
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‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—A report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) an analysis of the food security, nu-
trition security, and diet quality of participants 
and nonparticipants in the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program; 
‘‘(B)(i) a summary of changes made to the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program in 
the year covered by the report that are intended 
to improve food security, nutrition security, and 
diet quality; and 
‘‘(ii) an analysis of the impact and effec-
tiveness of those changes on food security, nu-
trition security, and diet quality; and 
‘‘(C) recommendations for additional au-
thority to the Secretary to improve food secu-
rity, nutrition security, and diet quality for par-
ticipants in the supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program. 
‘‘(b) FOOD SALES REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 
30, 2025, and at least once every 4 years thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Ag-
riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and 
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
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resentatives, and make publicly available on the 
website of the Department of Agriculture, a report 
on food sales in the supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program, including an analysis of the specific 
food items acquired with benefits by eligible house-
holds. 
‘‘(2) DATA.—A report under paragraph (1) 
shall use store-level data collected pursuant to sec-
tion 9(k). 
‘‘(3) PRIVACY.—For each report under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall aggregate or 
deidentify data in a manner sufficient to ensure that 
the identity of participants or retailers associated 
with the data cannot be ascertained.’’. 
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