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HR 6432 117th Congress House Agriculture and Food

SNAP Second Chance Act of 2022

Introduced: January 19, 2022 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 24, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Jan 19, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jan 19, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

SNAP Second Chance Act of 2022

This bill limits the authority of the Department of Agriculture to exclude retailers from participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) based on an owner's past criminal conviction.

What's happening now January 24, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 28, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 28, 2022
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Jan 19, 2022
Katko, John
· Jan 19, 2022
Meijer, Peter
· Jan 19, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6432: SNAP Second Chance Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6432/
MLA
"H.R. 6432: SNAP Second Chance Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6432/.
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H.R. 6432, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6432/.
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