SHOPP Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The SHOPP Act amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act rules for the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program. It adds a new project purpose to increase year-round availability of nutrition incentives by offering fresh frozen fruits or vegetables. It also changes program language from fruits and vegetables to fruits, vegetables, and legumes, and replaces fresh fruits and vegetables with fresh or fresh frozen fruits, vegetables, and legumes. The practical effect is to let GusNIP projects support frozen produce and legumes, which matter when fresh produce is unavailable, expensive, out of season, or difficult for families to store.
Who Benefits and How
GusNIP participants benefit because incentives can cover fresh frozen fruits and vegetables and legumes rather than only fresh produce. SNAP households benefit when participating retailers and projects can offer healthy options that last longer and are available year-round. Frozen produce suppliers benefit because GusNIP incentives can support qualifying fresh frozen fruits and vegetables. Legume growers and vendors benefit because legumes become part of the eligible nutrition-incentive food category.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Agriculture must update GusNIP guidance, grant terms, and eligible-food definitions. GusNIP grantees must revise incentive operations, retailer training, and participant materials. Participating food retailers must identify eligible fresh frozen produce and legumes for incentive transactions. Program evaluators must track a broader set of eligible foods when measuring nutrition-incentive outcomes.
Key Provisions
- Expands GusNIP project purposes to include year-round fresh frozen fruit and vegetable incentives.
- Adds legumes to the food categories eligible for nutrition incentives.
- Replaces fresh produce-only language with fresh or fresh frozen fruits, vegetables, and legumes.
- Allows families to use incentives for healthier shelf-stable or freezer-stable food options.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Expands Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program incentives so families can use year-round incentives for fresh frozen fruits and vegetables and so eligible purchases include fruits, vegetables, and legumes.
Key Policy Areas
Nutrition, Agriculture, Food Assistance
Primary Purpose
Expands Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program incentives so families can use year-round incentives for fresh frozen fruits and vegetables and so eligible purchases include fruits, vegetables, and legumes.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- GusNIP participants
- SNAP households
- Frozen produce suppliers
- Legume growers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Agriculture
- GusNIP grantees
- Participating food retailers
- Program evaluators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
Ms. Crockett (for herself, Mr. Alford, and Mrs. Hayes) introduced …
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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