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HR 4280 112th Congress House Agriculture and Food Caribbean area Congressional oversight Food assistance and relief Licensing and registrations Poverty and welfare assistance Puerto Rico Retail and wholesale trades U.S. territories and protectorates

Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act of 2012

Introduced: March 28, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Apr 12, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
Mar 28, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 28, 2012
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1644)
Mar 28, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act of 2012 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977) to: (1) include Puerto Rico in the definition of state for purposes of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly food stamp) eligibility, and (2) remove Puerto Rico from the consolidated block grant program upon the effective date of the amendments made by this Act.

Provides for the application by, and approval of, retail food stores in Puerto Rico for program participation.

What's happening now April 12, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
BACA, JOE
· Mar 28, 2012
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 28, 2012
SERRANO, JOSE
· Mar 28, 2012
TOWNS, EDOLPHUS
· Mar 28, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4280: Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4280/
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"H.R. 4280: Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Restoration Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4280/.
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H.R. 4280, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4280/.
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