Skip to main content
H.R. 6200 116th Congress House

Pandemic EBT Act of 2020

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide certain food assistance for eligible children during periods when their schools are closed due to a public… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide certain food assistance for eligible children during periods when their schools are closed due to a public health emergency; and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 11, 2020 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Cardiovascular and respiratory healthChild healthElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma care
More subjectsShow fewer subjects
Food assistance and reliefInfectious and parasitic diseasesNutrition and dietState and local government operations
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
This bill died when the 116th Congress ended
It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 11, 2020
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Latest action March 11, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pandemic EBT Act of 2020

This bill expands authority in FY2020 for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) during a public health emergency based on COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, the bill authorizes USDA to approve state agency plans to provide SNAP benefits to households that include at least one eligible child and may or may not be participating in SNAP. An eligible child is a child who would be receiving free or reduced-price school meals if the child's school had not been closed for at least five consecutive days due to the public health emergency based on COVID-19.

SNAP benefits provided must be no less than the value of school meals at the federal free rate over the course of five school days for each eligible child in the household.

A state agency may provide SNAP benefits in accordance with the bill through the electronic benefits transfer card system.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6201 Families First Coronavirus Response Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Mar 13, 2020
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 11, 2020
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6200: Pandemic EBT Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6200/
MLA
"H.R. 6200: Pandemic EBT Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6200/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 6200, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6200/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 6200: Pandemic EBT Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6200/)
Report a problem