Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2025

[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 of Low-Cost Food Plan.--Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended-- (1) by striking subsection (u); (2) by redesignating subsections (n) through (t) as subsections (o) through (u), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (m) the following: ``(n) Low-Cost Food Plan.-- ``(1) In general.--The term `low-cost food plan' means the diet, determined in accordance with the calculations of the Secretary, required to feed a 4-person family that consists of-- ``(A) a man and a woman who are each between 19 and 50 years of age; ``(B) a child who is between 6 and 8 years of age; and ``(C) a child who is between 9 and 11 years of age. ``(2) Reevaluation.--By December 31, 2029, and at 5-year intervals thereafter, the Secretary shall reevaluate and publish the market