Food Reform for Effective and Sustainable Health (FRESH) Act of 2026

Julia Letlow

Republican · LA · Representative

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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

2026-04-29

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The federal government would officially adopt the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans as law, making the nutrition recommendations issued by the Agriculture and Health and Human Services departments legally binding rather than voluntary guidance. This affects food manufacturers, schools, hospitals, and nutrition programs that receive federal funding, as they would need to align their food offerings and meal planning with these official guidelines. The change would give the dietary recommendations more legal weight in federal food and nutrition policies.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8578 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8578 To amend the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 to codify the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030, issued jointly by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2026 Ms. Letlow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 to codify the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030, issued jointly by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Food Reform for Effective and Sustainable Health (FRESH) Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. Section 301(a)(1) of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341(a)(1)) is amended-- (1) in the 1st sentence by striking ``publish a'' and inserting ``submit to the Congress a proposed'', (2) in the 2d sentence by striking ``, and shall'' and inserting ``and, only if approved by Congress by law, shall'', and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030, 10th edition, issued jointly by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on January 7, 2026, pursuant to this section shall not be modified or superseded except in accordance with this subsection.''. <all>

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