H.R. 9472 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9472 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 8, 2022Mr. Grothman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase sugary beverages. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SNAP Back to Health Act of 2022. 2. Amendments Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended— (1) in subsection (k) by inserting sugary beverages, after alcoholic beverages,, and (2) by inserting after subsection (r) the following: (r–1) Sugary beverage means a beverage that contains brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, glucose, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, lactose, malt syrup, maltose, molasses, raw sugar, and sucrose, aspartame, Splenda, acesulfame potassium, stevia, or any similar substance as determined by the Secretary. . 3. Effective dates (a) Effective Date Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Effective date of Amendments The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.