3.0.0 1100 2025-08-19T13:38:51Z 2025-08-19T13:38:51Z Senate S S 2025-03-25 119 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-03-25T14:51:15Z 2025-03-25 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2025-03-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY N Agriculture and Food Agriculture and Food 2025-05-07T14:52:10Z

00 2025-03-25 Introduced in Senate 2025-08-19T13:37:41Z <p><strong>Nutritious SNAP Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from being used to purchase certain beverages (e.g., soda) and snack foods.</p><p>Specifically, SNAP benefits may only be used to purchase a beverage that is nonalcoholic and is&nbsp;(1) water, (2) cow's milk, (3) a milk-substitute beverage (e.g., almond milk, soy milk, and coconut milk), or (4) 100% juice.</p><p>Further, the bill prohibits the use of benefits to purchase&nbsp;snack and dessert food items which are included on the Food and Nutrition Service's Accessory Foods List that went into effect on March 5, 2018.&nbsp;Examples of snack and dessert foods on the list include potato and tortilla chips, ice cream, candy, snack cakes and pastries, and packaged baking mixes for cakes, brownies, and muffins.</p><p>In addition, on the request of a state agency, the Department of Agriculture must allow the state agency to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase food that the applicable&nbsp;state nutrition&nbsp;agency determines to be<em> </em>unhealthy food.</p>

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