[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4535]
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  SA 1219. Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Welch) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 
proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) to the bill H.R. 
4366, making appropriations for military construction, the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

        In the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. 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.''.
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