S. 1202

119 S1202 IS: Hot Foods Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-03-31
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1202  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 31, 2025   Mr. Bennet  (for himself,  Mr. Padilla ,  Mr. Hickenlooper ,  Mr. Van Hollen ,  Mr. Welch ,  Mrs. Gillibrand ,  Mr. Sanders ,  Mr. Fetterman ,  Mr. Blumenthal , and  Mr. Markey ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry    A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to be used to purchase additional types of food items.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Hot Foods Act of 2025  .
2.
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.
 .