3.0.0 596 2019-11-15T20:45:21Z 2019-11-15T20:45:21Z House H HR 2009-01-15 111 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2009-04-23T17:28:30Z Referred to 2009-01-15T15:00:44Z Reducing American Hunger Act 111 6539 HR 2010-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Related bill CRS 2009-04-23 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Committee 2009-01-15 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2009-01-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000792 Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] ANTHONY WEINER D NY D. 9 N Agriculture and Food Food assistance and relief Government information and archives Poverty and welfare assistance Unemployment Agriculture and Food 00 2009-01-15 Introduced in House 2009-01-22T20:06:36Z Economic Recovery Through Increased Feeding Act of 2009 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (the Food Stamp Act of 1977 as renamed by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) to increase to 12 months the amount of time certain work capable adults can receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (formerly, food stamp benefits).

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to require appropriate states to: (1) submit to the Secretary reports identifying SNAP participation in the 25 largest U.S. cities; and (2) implement practices to increase program participation in cities where eligible household participation is less than 85%.

Increases funding for grants to increase program participation.

Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to support the use of electronic benefits transfers for federal nutrition programs at farmers' markets.

]]> Economic Recovery Through Increased Feeding Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Economic Recovery Through Increased Feeding Act of 2009 Display Title Economic Recovery Through Increased Feeding Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to reduce hunger, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2009-01-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr596ih/xml/BILLS-111hr596ih.xml 2009-04-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.