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Dietary Guidelines Reform Act of 2025
4/4/2025, 4:53 AM
Summary of Bill S 1129
The main goal of this legislation is to improve the dietary guidelines that are provided to the public by the government. This includes updating and revising the guidelines to reflect the most current scientific research and recommendations regarding nutrition and health. The bill also seeks to ensure that the guidelines are easily accessible and understandable for all Americans, regardless of their level of education or income.
In addition to updating the dietary guidelines, the bill includes provisions for conducting research related to nutrition and health. This research will help to inform future updates to the guidelines and ensure that they are based on the best available evidence. Overall, Bill 119 s 1129 is aimed at improving the health and well-being of Americans by providing them with accurate and up-to-date information about nutrition. By making changes to the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990, this legislation seeks to promote healthy eating habits and reduce the prevalence of diet-related diseases in the United States.
Congressional Summary of S 1129
Dietary Guidelines Reform Act of 2025
This bill increases the requirements for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). The DGA are federally developed recommendations by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Under the bill, USDA and HHS must jointly publish guidelines at least once every 10 years (currently 5 years), and the final DGA is subject to rulemaking requirements.
Further, the DGA must be based on significant scientific agreement that is determined by evidence-based review. Current law requires that the guidelines be based on a preponderance of current scientific and medical knowledge. The bill also requires the DGA to address issues such as high-priority areas to advance health outcomes, achieving nutritional adequacy and promoting health, and common nutrition-related chronic diseases.
In updating the guidelines, USDA and HHS must establish an Independent Advisory Board that must submit a list of scientific questions to be used as the basis for the proposed DGA. Members of the board must (1) have expertise in nutrition science or food science, and (2) disclose all relevant financial and nonfinancial conflicts of interest.
The bill prohibits the DGA from being based on or including topics that are not relevant to dietary guidance (e.g., taxation, social welfare policies, food and agricultural production practices, and race).
The bill provides specified funds through FY2029 to carry out these requirements.
Finally, the bill specifies that the 2020 DGA are the controlling guidelines until new guidelines are published in accordance with these requirements.
