Not adopted
This amendment was never taken up, and the bill finished without it. It was never voted on.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Pending Consideration
- Failed
What this amendment would do
This amendment would change the rules regarding cost adjustments for the thrifty food plan and the calculation of reference prices.
The amendment requires the Secretary to adjust the thrifty food plan to reflect food costs in Hawaii and the urban and rural parts of Alaska.
It also requires cost adjustments for the thrifty food plans in Guam and the Virgin Islands of the United States, though these adjustments cannot exceed the cost of food in the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
The Secretary would adjust the cost of the thrifty food plan every October 1st to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, which is a measure of price changes published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 12-month period ending in June.
The Secretary may also make yearly adjustments to the thrifty food plan for specific cities, counties, or regions where the cost of food at home was at least 10 percent higher than the average cost of food at home based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers in the most recent year.
Finally, the amendment would change the reference prices for a covered commodity to equal the existing reference price multiplied by 1.05, effective beginning with the 2025 crop year.
- 6/29/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors