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Grace Meng (D-NY)

Hot Foods Act of 2025

H.R. 2512 · House bill Agriculture and Food

A Democratic bill with 10 Republican cosponsors · See all 120 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the ``Hot Foods Act of 2025'', seeks to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. The primary goal is to allow supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to be used for the purchase of hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate consumption. It updates various subsections of the existing law to include these items while still excluding alcoholic beverages and tobacco. The legislation also addresses specific requirements regarding sales percentages for certain entities.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    The bill allows SNAP recipients to purchase hot foods, providing more dietary flexibility.

  • Scored +5

    Is this likely to lift people out of poverty?

    The bill increases food security and choice for low-income individuals by expanding SNAP benefit usage.

  • Scored +3

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    Retailers can now accept SNAP benefits for hot food items, potentially increasing their customer base.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.