S. 1100 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Mar 25, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summarySNAP benefits limited to nutritious foods only
This bill changes what people can buy with SNAP benefits, the federal food assistance program. Instead of any food, benefits could only purchase certain beverages like water, milk, milk alternatives, and 100% juice. It would also ban snack and dessert foods like chips, ice cream, candy, and packaged cake mixes. States could ask the Department of Agriculture to block additional foods they consider unhealthy.
How it affects you
If you or your family receive SNAP benefits, your food choices would narrow significantly. You'd no longer be able to use those benefits for many common snacks and sugary drinks, though water and milk would still be allowed. States could make the restrictions even stricter based on their own nutrition standards.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Mar 25, 2025)
Nutritious SNAP Act of 2025
This bill prohibits Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from being used to purchase certain beverages (e.g., soda) and snack foods.
Specifically, SNAP benefits may only be used to purchase a beverage that is nonalcoholic and is (1) water, (2) cow's milk, (3) a milk-substitute beverage (e.g., almond milk, soy milk, and coconut milk), or (4) 100% juice.
Further, the bill prohibits the use of benefits to purchase snack and dessert food items which are included on the Food and Nutrition Service's Accessory Foods List that went into effect on March 5, 2018. Examples of snack and dessert foods on the list include potato and tortilla chips, ice cream, candy, snack cakes and pastries, and packaged baking mixes for cakes, brownies, and muffins.
In addition, on the request of a state agency, the Department of Agriculture must allow the state agency to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase food that the applicable state nutrition agency determines to be unhealthy food.
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. 1100
A BILL
Nutritious SNAP Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) · Introduced Mar 25, 2025 · Agriculture and Food · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Mar 25, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.”