# 119-hr-2496: Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025

119-hr-2496, Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2496
- Congress: 119
- Title: Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-03-31
- Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Increase SNAP purchases of naturally nutrient-rich dairy.** This bill would create a Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program (DNIP) that gives point-of-sale incentives to SNAP recipients to buy qualifying dairy and funds competitive grants to run and evaluate projects. - Families and SNAP households would get direct incentives at checkout to buy defined "naturally nutrient-rich" dairy like fluid milk, making those purchases cheaper at the register. - State and local governments and nonprofits could apply for competitive grants and cooperative agreements to design projects that must use scientifically based strategies to improve diet quality. - Retail sites would be expected to use point-of-sale systems that can electronically issue incentives, and projects can receive extra funds to offset initial EBT-enabled POS costs. - Each DNIP project must undergo an independent, rigorous evaluation such as random assignment, with public results and required annual and biennial reports to congressional agriculture committees. - Existing Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives projects would be transitioned into DNIP without interruption and the old authority would be repealed one year after transition certification. *This would provide a mandatory baseline of $10.0 million per year for DNIP and authorize an additional $10.0 million starting in FY2026, increasing federal spending accordingly.*

## Cosponsors (23)

- Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] (R-NY), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7] (R-OH), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] (R-AL), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] (D-NY), 2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT), 2025-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8] (R-IN), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA), 2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- $10 million yearly for SNAP dairy incentives: benefit, low. If enacted, the program would get $10 million each year in mandatory funding. The bill also authorizes another $10 million for fiscal year 2026 and each year after, but that extra money would still need annual approval to be available.
- Dairy discounts at checkout for SNAP: benefit, low. If enacted, USDA would set up the Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program within 180 days. If you use SNAP, you could get instant incentives at checkout when you buy qualifying dairy with your EBT card. Incentives you earn could be used only to buy qualifying dairy. Qualifying dairy includes pasteurized…
- Current milk projects move into new program: mixed, low. If enacted, USDA would move current Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives projects into the new program with no break in service. USDA would apply the new program’s added flexibilities to those projects. The old law would be repealed one year after USDA certifies the transition is complete.
- Tough evaluations and stop rules for projects: mixed, low. If enacted, USDA would require independent evaluations of each project using strong methods like random assignment and publish the results. No more than 7% of program funds each year could be used for evaluations. USDA could stop projects that break rules, fail grant terms, or show poor results. US…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-2496 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2496)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2496 (as of 2026-04-21).