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H.R. 9472

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To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase sugary beverages.
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Committee
Latest Action · December 8, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Congress
117th (2021–2023)
Introduced
December 8, 2022
Cosponsors (0)
None
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SNAP Back to Health Act of 2022 This bill revises the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase sugary beverages. Sugary beverages are beverages that contain 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.

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