[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4005]
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  SA 2537. 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 (2) and insert the following:
       ``(2) Household adjustments.--The Secretary shall make 
     household adjustments using the following ratios of household 
     size as a percentage of the maximum 4-person allotment:
       ``(A) For a 1-person household, at least 30 percent.
       ``(B) For a 2-person household, at least 55 percent.
       ``(C) For a 3-person household, at least 79 percent.
       ``(D) For a 4-person household, at least 100 percent.
       ``(E) For a 5-person household, at least 119 percent.
       ``(F) For a 6-person household, at least 143 percent.
       ``(G) For a 7-person household, at least 158 percent.
       ``(H) For an 8-person household, at least 180 percent.
       ``(I) For a household of 9 persons or more, an additional 
     22 percent per person.

       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 1.1.''.
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