HR 5129 · 119th Congress · Agriculture and Food
Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2025
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Introduced2
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.(2025-09-04)
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5129 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5129 To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated using the value of the low-cost food plan, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 4, 2025 Ms. Adams (for herself, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Hayes, and Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated using the value of the low-cost food plan, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. CALCULATION OF PROGRAM BENEFITS USING LOW-COST FOOD PLAN. (a) Definition …
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