H.R. 2496 Introduced Agriculture and Food

Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to establish a dairy nutrition incentive program, and for other purposes.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] Introduced March 31, 2025 Cosponsors 23 (8 D, 15 R) Latest action April 18, 2025

Summary

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Apr 18, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
  2. Mar 31, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  3. Mar 31, 2025 Introduced in House

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