S 677
116th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Food assistance and relief
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 6, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 6, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2019
This bill allows Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) after submitting a plan of operation that is approved by the Department of Agriculture. (Under current law, the three territories receive block grants instead of participating in SNAP.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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