S 1708
115th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Administrative remedies
Aging
Disability and paralysis
Food assistance and relief
Higher education
A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide that certain students who are family caregivers are eligible to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Introduced: August 2, 2017
Introduced by:
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 2, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Aug 2, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make certain students who are informal providers of in-home and community care to elderly or disabled members of the household eligible to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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