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Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025

Bill Number
S. 1021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Congress
119th Congress, Session 1
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Status
Introduced
Latest Action
2025-03-13: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Last Updated
2026-01-09T12:03:22Z

Official Summary

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.

Sponsor

Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]

Cosponsors (9)

Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS], Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL], Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI], Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

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