Restricts SNAP benefits for prepared meals to grocery delis, not fast food, and excludes spouses.
This bill would change how people can use their SNAP benefits for prepared meals. It would stop quick-service or fast-food restaurants from taking these benefits. Instead, it would focus on grocery stores with deli counters. It would also set new rules for what kind of meals can be bought and would no longer allow spouses of eligible individuals to use the program.
Today, the SNAP restaurant meals program allows eligible individuals to use benefits at various private establishments, potentially including fast-food restaurants, without strict rules on meal content, and spouses can participate. After this bill, only retail food stores with prepared food sections, hot bars, or deli counters would be eligible, and meals would need to contain at least one fruit or vegetable and one protein. Spouses of SNAP-eligible individuals would also be excluded from the program.
S 3240 · 119th Congress · November 20, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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