117 HR 9472 IH: SNAP Back to Health Act of 2022 U.S. House of Representatives 2022-12-08 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 9472IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESDecember 8, 2022Mr. Grothman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on AgricultureA BILLTo amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase sugary beverages.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the SNAP Back to Health Act of 2022.

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Amendments

Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended—(1)in subsection (k) by inserting sugary beverages, after alcoholic beverages,, and(2) by inserting after subsection (r) the following:(r–1) Sugary beverage means a beverage that contains brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, glucose, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, lactose, malt syrup, maltose, molasses, raw sugar, and sucrose, aspartame, Splenda, acesulfame potassium, stevia, or any similar substance as determined by the Secretary..

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Effective dates

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Effective Date

Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.(b)

Effective date of Amendments

The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.