Congress·In Committee·H.R. 6368

Feeding Rural Families Act of 2025

Hawaii Food Assistance: Benefit Adjustments for Rural Areas

Dec 2, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Next up: A house committeeNo action in 7 months

This bill is sitting in the House Committee on Agriculture where it has been since December 2025. No action has taken place on this proposal for seven months. The committee members must review the bill before it can move forward, but it is currently stalled.

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Unlikely to pass

This is a very specific bill for one state introduced by members of the minority party. It will likely need to be included in a larger package like the Farm Bill to move forward.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 5181 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 5181 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill changes how the government calculates food assistance benefits for people living in Hawaii. It requires the Thrifty Food Plan, which is the formula used to set SNAP benefit amounts, to look at costs in both urban and rural parts of the state separately.
Families in Hawaii who rely on food stamps would be the most affected. Because food often costs much more in remote or rural parts of the islands compared to cities, this change could lead to more accurate benefit amounts that reflect the actual high cost of groceries.
Currently, federal law does not clearly distinguish between these different areas when setting food budgets for Hawaii. By making this change, the government aims to ensure that rural families have enough support to buy healthy food despite the higher prices they face at their local stores.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Dec 2, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Dec 2, 2025

Introduced in House

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Feeding Rural Families Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 6368

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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