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119th Congress Agriculture and Food

S. 813: SHOPP Act of 2025

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Mar 3, 2025
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
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Summary

Introduced in Senate, Mar 3, 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.

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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 the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Amendments

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Cosponsors

6

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Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1John Cornyn R-TX SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History

  1. Mar 3, 2025Introduced in the Senate by John Cornyn.
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  1. Mar 3, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 3, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.