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HR 6657 118th Congress House Agriculture and Food Food assistance and relief Food industry and services Poverty and welfare assistance Retail and wholesale trades State and local government operations

Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2023

Introduced: January 10, 2024 Introduced by: Rouzer, David Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jan 25, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Dec 7, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Dec 7, 2023
Introduced in House
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Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2023

This bill establishes additional limitations on the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

The bill requires that a state agency suspend a SNAP household account when the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card transactions are made exclusively out-of-state for a period longer than 60 days. The state agency must maintain the suspension until (1) the household affirmatively provides substantiating evidence that the participating household members still reside in the state from which they receive benefits, or (2) an investigation conclusively determines that the participating household members still reside in the state from which they receive benefits.

In addition, a SNAP household may not redeem SNAP benefits at a SNAP-approved retail food store or wholesale food concern that is owned by a household member. This does not apply to a retail food store or a wholesale food concern that is owned by a publicly owned corporation or a government.

What's happening now January 25, 2024

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 5
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Scott, Austin
Georgia · Jan 31, 2024
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Alford, Mark
Missouri · Jan 10, 2024
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Johnson, Dusty
South Dakota · Jan 10, 2024
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Kelly, Trent
Mississippi · Jan 10, 2024
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Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Dec 7, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6657: Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6657/
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"H.R. 6657: Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6657/.
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H.R. 6657, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6657/.
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