Hot Foods Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2258
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-07-12
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Hot Foods Act of 2023 </b></p> <p> This bill expands the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to permit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2258 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 12, 2023 Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Padilla , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Welch , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Hickenlooper , and Mr. Cardin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hot Foods Act of 2023 . 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. .