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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to provide families year-round access to nutrition incentives under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program, and for other purposes.
Ms. Crockett (for herself, Mr. Alford, and Mrs. Hayes) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to provide families year-round access to nutrition incentives under the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Supporting all Healthy Options when Purchasing Produce Act of 2025” or the “SHOPP Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. Nutrition incentives under Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program.
Section 4405 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 7517) is amended—
(A) by redesignating clauses (ix) and (x) as clauses (x) and (xi), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after clause (viii) the following:
“(ix) increase the year-round availability of the incentive described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) by offering fresh frozen fruits or vegetables;”; and
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking “fruits and vegetables” and inserting “fruits, vegetables, and legumes”; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking “fresh fruits and vegetables” each place it appears and inserting “fresh or fresh frozen fruits, vegetables, and legumes”.