118 HR 4845 IH: Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023 U.S. House of Representatives 2023-07-25 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4845IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 25, 2023Ms. Adams (for herself, Mr. Casar, Ms. Norton, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Titus, Mr. Frost, Ms. Pressley, Mr. McGarvey, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Omar, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Brown, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Norcross, and Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on AgricultureA BILLTo amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to ensure that striking workers and their households do not become ineligible for benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Food Secure Strikers Act of 2023.

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Eligibility of striking workers

Section 6(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) is amended— (1)in paragraph (1)(D)—(A)by striking clause (iv); and(B)by redesignating clauses (v) and (vi) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and(2)in paragraph (3)—(A)by striking participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program at any time that and inserting be ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program as a result of; (B)by striking is on strike and inserting being on strike; and(C)by striking : Provided, That and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting a period.