H.R. 2496 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the House, sent to the Committee on Agriculture, Mar 31, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryProgram to encourage SNAP recipients to buy dairy
The USDA would create a new program that rewards people on food assistance (SNAP) when they buy dairy products like milk, yogurt, and cheese. The agency would partner with state, local, and nonprofit groups to run these incentive projects in different places, and would study how well the incentives actually work.
How it affects you
If you receive SNAP benefits, you could get rewards or incentives for purchasing dairy products, which might make it easier to add more milk, yogurt, or cheese to your diet. The program would be tested in various communities to see whether these incentives help people buy more dairy and improve their nutrition.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Mar 31, 2025)
Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a dairy nutrition incentive program to develop and test methods to increase the purchase and consumption of dairy under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Specifically, the program must provide an incentive to SNAP benefit recipients for the purchase of naturally nutrient-rich dairy, which the bill defines to include fluid milk, yogurt, and cheese made from cow's milk. To carry out the program, USDA must enter into cooperative agreements with, or provide competitive grants to, state or local governments and nonprofit organizations for projects. The bill provides funding for the program for each fiscal year.
USDA must provide for an independent evaluation of each project that measures, to the maximum extent practicable, the effect of incentives on purchases of naturally nutrient-rich dairy by SNAP recipients.
Projects currently carried out by the USDA Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives (HFMI) program must be transitioned to the new dairy nutrition incentive program; the bill repeals the HFMI program one year after USDA certifies that the transition is complete.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 2496
A BILL
Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA-21) · Introduced Mar 31, 2025 · Agriculture and Food · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Apr 18, 2025: “Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.”