Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025
Latest action · Apr 18, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 31, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025
This bill prohibits any reevaluation or update to the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) that results in an increase in food insecurity (i.e., an increase in the number of households that lack adequate food as a result of having insufficient money and other resources to acquire food).
As background, USDA created the TFP (the cost of purchasing a nutritionally adequate low-cost diet), which is used to determine maximum monthly benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). USDA calculates the cost of the TFP (i.e., the market basket of goods) each year to account for food price inflation. Under a provision of the 2018 farm bill, USDA must reevaluate the market basket of goods every five years based on current food prices, food composition data, consumption patterns, and dietary guidance.
Cosponsors 71
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 31, 2025 to May 11, 2026; 56 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-CA | Luz M. Rivas | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Original | Mar 31, 2025 |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Apr 3, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Apr 9, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Apr 14, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | May 15, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jun 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | May 11, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 31, 2025 |
| Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee | Referred Apr 18, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 18, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- Mar 31, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 31, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 57, March 31, 2025, page H1375.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing a thrifty food plan update under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 or reevaluation that would result in an increase in food insecurity.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2025Introduced in House
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