S.Amdt. 1219

SA 1219. Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Welch)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092
proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) to the bill H.R.
4366, making appropriations for military construction, the Department
of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

In the appropriate place in division B, insert the
following:

SEC. __. HOT FOOD UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.

Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2012) is amended--
(1) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ``consumption except
alcoholic beverages, tobacco, hot foods or hot food products
ready for immediate consumption other than those authorized
pursuant to clauses (3), (4), (5), (7), (8), and (9) of this
subsection'' and inserting ``consumption, including hot foods
or hot food products ready for immediate consumption and
excluding alcoholic beverages, tobacco'';
(2) in subsection (o)(1)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
``and consumption'' and inserting ``or home or immediate
consumption''; and
(B) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking the subparagraph designation and all that
follows through ``offers'' and inserting the following:
``(A)(i) offers'';
(ii) in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking ``or''
at the end and inserting ``and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(ii) of which not more than 50 percent of the total gross
sales are from hot foods or hot food products ready for
immediate consumption; or''; and
(3) in subsection (q)(2)--
(A) by striking ``include accessory'' and inserting the
following: ``include--
``(A) accessory'';
(B) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) hot foods or hot food products ready for immediate
consumption.''.
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