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S 4967 117th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food American Samoa Caribbean area Food assistance and relief Intergovernmental relations Northern Mariana Islands Poverty and welfare assistance Puerto Rico State and local government operations U.S. territories and protectorates

Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2022

Introduced: September 27, 2022 Introduced by: Gillibrand, Kirsten E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Sep 27, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sep 27, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2022

This bill sets out a process to enable Puerto Rico to participate as a state in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Under current law, a state receives SNAP funding based on the number of participating households in the state whereas Puerto Rico receives a block grant to fund its nutrition assistance program.

The bill requires Puerto Rico to submit to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) a plan of operation to transition away from the consolidated block grant program to SNAP. USDA must provide appropriate training and technical assistance to enable Puerto Rico to formulate such plan.

What's happening now September 27, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 8495 Identical bill Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Sep 27, 2022
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Sep 27, 2022
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 27, 2022
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Sep 27, 2022
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Sep 27, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4967: Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4967/
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"S. 4967: Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4967/.
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S. 4967, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4967/.
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