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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 479 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require the Secretary 
to designate food and food products to be made available under the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2025 
Mr. BRECHEEN (for himself, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. BIGGS 
of Arizona, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. GOSAR, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, and Mr. 
MEUSER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require 
the Secretary to designate food and food products to 
be made available under the supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program, 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 ‘‘Healthy SNAP Act 
of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. FOOD UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITION OF FOOD.—Section 3(k)(1) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)(1)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘except alcoholic beverages, to-
bacco’’ and inserting the following ‘‘designated by 
the Secretary under section 4(d), except any alco-
holic beverages, tobacco, soft drinks, candy, ice 
cream, prepared desserts such as cakes, pies, cook-
ies, or similar products’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘clauses’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graphs’’. 
(b) DESIGNATED FOOD.—Section 4 of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) DESIGNATED FOOD.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Secretary shall designate by regulation the foods and 
food products that shall be included in the definition 
of the term ‘food’ under section 3(k)(1). 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) take into consideration food and food 
products that— 
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‘‘(i) based on nutrition research, con-
tain nutrients lacking in the diets of people 
in the United States; and 
‘‘(ii) promote the health of the popu-
lation served by the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program, based on relevant nu-
trition science, public health concerns, and 
cultural eating patterns; and 
‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 
ensure that the fat, sugar, and salt content of 
the food and food products is appropriate. 
‘‘(3) REVIEW OF AVAILABLE FOODS.—As fre-
quently as determined by the Secretary to be nec-
essary to reflect the most recent scientific knowl-
edge, but not less frequently than once every 5 
years, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) conduct a scientific review of the food 
and food products designated under paragraph 
(1); and 
‘‘(B) amend those foods and food products, 
as necessary, to reflect nutrition science, public 
health concerns, and cultural eating patterns. 
‘‘(4) PREPARED MEALS.—Prepared meals de-
scribed in section 3(k) shall have nutritional values 
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