HR 6181
116th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
American Samoa
Appropriations
Caribbean area
Department of Agriculture
Food assistance and relief
Indian social and development programs
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
State and local finance
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates
Unemployment
Ensuring Emergency Food Security Act
Introduced: March 10, 2020
Introduced by:
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 10, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Mar 10, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Ensuring Emergency Food Security Act
This bill expands benefits and eligibility under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) which is administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Specifically, the bill
- prohibits any federal funding (including fees) from being used to decrease program benefits or impact program eligibility under SNAP;
- temporarily increases the value of SNAP benefits through FY2020;
- prohibits USDA from reducing the value of the maximum allotments, minimum allotments or consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa below the level in effect for FY2020 as a result of such increase;
- temporarily suspends work requirements through FY2022 under SNAP, allowing participants who would have lost eligibility due to such requirements to continue to receive SNAP benefits;
- directs state agencies, beginning on October 1, 2022, to disregard any period during which an individual received SNAP benefits prior to FY2022, for purposes of referring such individual to an employment and training program; and
- expands the food distribution program on Indian reservations for costs relating to facility improvements and equipment upgrades.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
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