Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-2489
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2025-03-31
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2025-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-03-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits any reevaluation or update to the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) by the Department of Agriculture (USDA)&nbsp;that results in an increase in food insecurity&nbsp;(i.e., an increase in the number of households that lack adequate food as a result of having insufficient money and other resources to acquire food).</p><p>As background, USDA created the TFP (the cost of purchasing a nutritionally adequate low-cost diet), which is used to determine maximum monthly benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). USDA calculates the cost of the TFP (i.e., the market basket of goods) each year to account for food price inflation. Under a provision of the 2018 farm bill, USDA must reevaluate the market basket of goods every five years based on current food prices, food composition data, consumption patterns, and dietary guidance. </p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2489 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 31, 2025 Ms. Brown (for herself, Mrs. Hayes , Mr. McGovern , Mrs. McIver , Mr. Cohen , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Thanedar , Ms. Adams , Ms. Jacobs , Mr. Jackson of Illinois , Mr. Carson , Mrs. Beatty , Mr. Fields , Ms. Norton , Ms. Tokuda , Ms. Pingree , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mrs. Sykes , Mr. Figures , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Landsman , Ms. Salinas , Ms. Pressley , Mr. Riley of New York , Ms. Ansari , Mrs. Ramirez , Mr. Sorensen , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. Titus , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Latimer , Mrs. Dingell , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mr. Bishop , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Mrs. McClain Delaney , Ms. Stevens , Mr. Soto , Mr. Carter of Louisiana , Mr. Bell , Ms. Rivas , Mr. Goldman of New York , Ms. Chu , Ms. Johnson of Texas , Mr. Gottheimer , Ms. Velázquez , Ms. DelBene , Ms. Meng , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Mr. Davis of Illinois , and Ms. Strickland ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing a thrifty food plan update under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 or reevaluation that would result in an increase in food insecurity.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025 . 2. Adjustments to the thrifty food plan in the supplemental nutrition assistance program Section 3(u) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012(u) ) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting after the 2d sentence the following: Each re-evaluation or update shall not result in an increase in food insecurity and shall continue to adjust the cost of the diet in accordance with paragraphs (1) through (4), as applicable. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term food insecurity means the number of households that lack adequate food as a result of having insufficient money and other resources to acquire food. .