S. 1021 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Mar 13, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryDairy incentives for SNAP recipients
This bill directs the USDA to create a new program that encourages people receiving SNAP benefits (food assistance) to buy more dairy products like milk, yogurt, and cheese. The USDA would partner with state and local governments and nonprofits to run projects that offer incentives, and the government would study whether these projects actually help people buy more dairy.
How it affects you
If you receive SNAP benefits, you could get incentives to purchase dairy products, potentially stretching your food budget further. The bill funds these projects and is meant to help more low-income households access nutrient-rich dairy foods.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Mar 13, 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 SessionS. 1021
A BILL
Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) · Introduced Mar 13, 2025 · Agriculture and Food · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Mar 13, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.”