# 119-hres-712: Expressing support for the designation of September 14, 2025, as "National Food is Medicine Day".

119-hres-712, Expressing support for the designation of September 14, 2025, as "National Food is Medicine Day"., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hres-712
- Congress: 119
- Title: Expressing support for the designation of September 14, 2025, as "National Food is Medicine Day".
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Food as medicine** is a health approach that uses nutritious food to prevent, manage, and treat certain conditions. The resolution designates Sept. 14, 2025 as National Food is Medicine Day and urges federal agencies to support research and scale nutrition-based healthcare interventions. - Families and patients: The text highlights medically tailored meals, groceries, produce, and nutrition and culinary education as part of a patient’s treatment plan to support disease management. - Health systems and payors: It notes chronic conditions drive more than 90 percent of the $4.5 trillion the U.S. spends on health care each year and that suboptimal diets and food insecurity add over $1.1 trillion in combined healthcare spending and lost productivity. - Federal agencies and researchers: The resolution urges the Department of Health and Human Services to expand scientific research, collaborate with the Department of Agriculture, and work with patients, nonprofits, providers, and payors to scale effective food-as-medicine models.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hres-712 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/712)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-712 (as of 2026-04-21).