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<dc:title>119 HR 8578 IH: Food Reform for Effective and Sustainable Health (FRESH) Act of 2026</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-04-29</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 8578</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20260429">April 29, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="L000595">Ms. Letlow</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HAG00">Committee on Agriculture</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 to codify the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025&#8211;2030, issued jointly by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H92A6687D6E2B49379DA91D6EC545D56A" style="OLC"> 
<section id="HA7EC0B09530F4F3A8BABD5FB865909AD" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Food Reform for Effective and Sustainable Health (FRESH) Act of 2026</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H512DC6EB6D5947CA8A48767BBB51B216" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 301(a)(1) of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5341">7 U.S.C. 5341(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="HD3B173F1E8F94731A9EC3638C93E1763"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the 1st sentence by striking <quote>publish a</quote> and inserting <quote>submit to the Congress a proposed</quote>,</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4223569C60F148918FF9D9F38BA1A957"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the 2d sentence by striking <quote>, and shall</quote> and inserting <quote>and, only if approved by Congress by law, shall</quote>, and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H8A5835E30D5A4BEF8C82A7D0F21D6ABA"><enum>(3)</enum><text> by adding at the end the following:</text> </paragraph> <continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection"><quote>The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030, 10th edition, issued jointly by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on January 7, 2026, pursuant to this section shall not be modified or superseded except in accordance with this subsection.</quote>.</continuation-text></section> </legis-body></bill>

