Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Nutritious SNAP Act of 2025”.
Nutritious SNAP Act of 2025
A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act to modify the definition of food under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Definition of food; waiver of eligibility of certain food
Definition of food— Section 3(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)) is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking “home consumption” and inserting “home consumption, subject to section 11(y),”; and
by inserting “, any nonalcoholic beverage that is not water, cow's milk, a milk-substitute beverage (such as almond milk, soy milk, and coconut milk), or 100 percent juice, snack and dessert food items (as described in the supplemental guidance document of the Food and Nutrition Service, effective as of March 5, 2018, entitled “Accessory Foods List”),” before “tobacco”.
Waiver of eligibility of certain food— Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(y) Waiver of eligibility of certain food—The Secretary shall permit a State agency, on request of the State agency, to prohibit the use of benefits to purchase food that the applicable State nutrition agency determines to be unhealthy food.”