Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed a waiver to amend which foods and beverages will be available for purchase under Nebraska’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Residents will no longer be able to purchase soda and energy drinks using their SNAP benefits.

The decision marks a historic departure in SNAP administration, being the first waiver of its kind approved by the USDA.

Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the food benefit program for low-income Americans long known as food stamps