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SNAP for Kids Act of 2018

Introduced: April 19, 2018 Introduced by: Gillibrand, Kirsten E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Apr 19, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Apr 19, 2018
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SNAP for Kids Act of 2018

This bill modifies the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to (1) increase benefits for certain small households with children who are 5-17 years old, and (2) require benefits for the households to be calculated using the low-cost food plan.

The "low-cost food plan" is the diet required to feed a family of 4, consisting of a man and a woman 19-50 years old, a child 6-8 years old, and a child 9-11 years old, at a cost that is in the second quartile of food expenditures for those families in the United States.

What's happening now April 19, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · May 22, 2018
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 26, 2018
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Apr 19, 2018
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 19, 2018
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Apr 19, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2723: SNAP for Kids Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2723/
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"S. 2723: SNAP for Kids Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2723/.
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S. 2723, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2723/.
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