H.R. 8578

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8578 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 29, 2026

Ms. Letlow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture

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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be modified or superseded except in accordance with this subsection.''.
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