HR 8064
116th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
Disaster relief and insurance
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Poverty and welfare assistance
Retail and wholesale trades
Mobilizing Restaurants in America Act of 2020
Introduced: August 14, 2020
Introduced by:
Velázquez, Nydia M.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 1, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Aug 14, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Aug 14, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Mobilizing Restaurants in America Act of 2020
This bill revises the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to authorize the use of SNAP benefits to purchase meals for immediate consumption and frozen prepacked meals at approved retail food stores and restaurants during a major disaster or emergency declaration.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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