[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2489 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2489

 To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing a thrifty food 
 plan update under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 or reevaluation 
          that would result in an increase in food insecurity.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 31, 2025

  Ms. Brown (for herself, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr. 
Cohen, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Adams, Ms. 
 Jacobs, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Fields, 
 Ms. Norton, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Smith 
 of Washington, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Figures, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Landsman, Ms. 
Salinas, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Riley of New York, Ms. Ansari, Mrs. Ramirez, 
 Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 
 Mr. Latimer, Mrs. Dingell, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
Tonko, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Bishop, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mrs. 
 McClain Delaney, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Soto, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. 
   Bell, Ms. Rivas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Chu, Ms. Johnson of 
   Texas, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Meng, Ms. 
Scanlon, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and Ms. Strickland) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing a thrifty food 
 plan update under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 or reevaluation 
          that would result in an increase in food insecurity.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE THRIFTY FOOD PLAN IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL 
              NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 3(u) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2012(u)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting 
after the 2d sentence the following: ``Each re-evaluation or update 
shall not result in an increase in food insecurity and shall continue 
to adjust the cost of the diet in accordance with paragraphs (1) 
through (4), as applicable. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the 
term `food insecurity' means the number of households that lack 
adequate food as a result of having insufficient money and other 
resources to acquire food.''.
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