S. 813 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Mar 3, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryAdds frozen fruits and vegetables to nutrition program
The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program helps low-income people buy more fruits and vegetables through special incentive programs. This bill expands what counts as produce under these programs by adding fresh frozen fruits and vegetables. It also allows the Produce Prescription Program—which connects people with fruit and vegetable prescriptions—to include fresh frozen fruits and vegetables, plus legumes like beans and lentils.
How it affects you
If you receive SNAP benefits or participate in these nutrition programs, you'll have more options when using your incentives to buy produce. Fresh frozen fruits and vegetables can work year-round, which matters in places where fresh produce is hard to find in winter. The bill makes it easier for program organizers to offer these incentives consistently throughout the year.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Mar 3, 2025)
Supporting all Healthy Options when Purchasing Produce Act of 2025 or the SHOPP Act of 2025
This bill modifies the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) to include fresh frozen fruits and vegetables.
GusNIP is a Department of Agriculture (USDA) program that provides grants for projects that increase low-income consumers' purchases of fruits and vegetables. It is made up of three competitive grant programs, including the GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Program, which provides grants for projects that provide incentives for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to purchase fruits and vegetables.
The bill directs USDA, in awarding GusNIP Nutrition Incentive Program grants, to give priority to projects that increase year-round availability of nutrition incentives by offering fresh frozen fruits or vegetables in the program.
In addition, the bill amends another GusNIP program, the Produce Prescription Program, to include fresh frozen fruits and vegetables, as well as fresh and fresh frozen legumes. Currently, only fresh fruits and vegetables are covered under the program.
The GusNIP Produce Prescription Program supports projects that demonstrate and evaluate the impact of fruit and vegetable prescriptions on increasing procurement and consumption of fruits and vegetables, reducing individual and household food insecurity, and reducing healthcare usage and associated costs.
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. 813
A BILL
SHOPP Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) · Introduced Mar 3, 2025 · Agriculture and Food · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Mar 3, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.”