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II119th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 1202IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMarch 31, 2025Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Welch, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Markey) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryA BILLTo 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Hot Foods Act of 2025.

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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..