Hot Foods Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3519
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2023-05-18
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief

Food supply, safety, and labeling

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3519 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 18, 2023 Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Garbarino , Ms. Spanberger , Ms. Adams , Mr. Allred , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Carson , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Costa , Mr. Harder of California , Mr. Evans , Ms. Jacobs , Ms. Kuster , Mr. LaLota , Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania , Mr. McGarvey , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Nadler , Ms. Norton , Mr. Panetta , Ms. Sánchez , Mr. Smith of Washington , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. Tokuda , Mr. Tonko , Ms. Velázquez , and Mrs. Watson Coleman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 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. .