H.R. 2496 (Costa, D-CA) - Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act (119th) o GOP: Langworthy*, Newhouse*, Rouzer*, Van Orden*, Max Miller*, M. Rogers*, Grothman*, G. Evans*, D. Johnson, Wied, Maloy, Mann, Tenney, Messmer, Bresnahan
Support a dairy nutrition incentive program.
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Congress.gov lists H.R.2496 as the Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025, with the official title to establish a dairy nutrition incentive program. It lists Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8] as a cosponsor on 12/16/2025. Latest action: referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry on 04/18/2025; bill status remains Introduced.
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Rep. Messmer's official House release praised the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 after House Agriculture Committee passage and listed among wins for Hoosier farmers: SNAP incentives for nutrient-rich dairy products through the DNIP Act.
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The promise was to support a dairy nutrition incentive program, not necessarily to enact one into law. During his current federal House term, Messmer cosponsored H.R.2496, the Dairy Nutrition Incentive Program Act of 2025, and later publicly praised farm-bill committee language that included SNAP incentives for nutrient-rich dairy products through the DNIP Act. That is direct same-term support for the promised policy outcome.