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H.R. 2496: Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-31 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.

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Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025

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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.

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Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] · 23 cosponsors

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Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Max L. Miller (R-OH), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Josh Riley (D-NY), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), John W. Mannion (D-NY), Tony Wied (R-WI), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Angie Craig (D-MN), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Mark B. Messmer (R-IN), Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA), Adam Gray (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] reported raising $1.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Fiscal year
The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr2496 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills