[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4004-S4005]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2536. Mr. WELCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill 
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. 
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        In section 3(u) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
     U.S.C. 2012(u)) (as amended by section 10101(a)), strike 
     paragraph (3) and insert the following:
       ``(3) Allowable cost adjustments.--The Secretary--
       ``(A) shall--
       ``(i) make cost adjustments in the thrifty food plan for 
     Hawaii and the urban and rural parts of Alaska to reflect the 
     cost of food in Hawaii and urban and rural Alaska;
       ``(ii) make cost adjustments in the separate thrifty food 
     plans for Guam and the Virgin Islands of the United States to 
     reflect the cost of food in those States, but not to exceed 
     the cost of food in the 50 States and the District of 
     Columbia; and
       ``(iii) on October 1, 2025, and on each October 1 
     thereafter, adjust the cost of the thrifty food plan to 
     reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
     Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 
     Department of Labor, for the most recent 12-month period 
     ending in June; and
       ``(B) may make yearly cost adjustments to the thrifty food 
     plan to reflect the cost of food in cities, counties, or 
     regions where in the most recent year the cost of food at

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     home is at least 10 percent higher than the average cost of 
     food at home based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
     Consumers.

       Strike section 10301 and insert the following:

     SEC. 10301. REFERENCE PRICE.

       Section 1111(19) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
     9011(19)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (O) as 
     clauses (i) through (xv), respectively, and indenting 
     appropriately;
       (2) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so 
     redesignated), by striking ``The term'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the term''; 
     and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Effectiveness.--Effective beginning with the 2025 
     crop year, the reference prices defined in subparagraph (A) 
     with respect to a covered commodity shall equal the reference 
     price defined in that subparagraph multiplied by 1.05.''.
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