3.0.0 2420 2023-01-11T13:32:20Z 2023-01-11T13:32:20Z Senate S 2015-12-17 114 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-12-17T22:22:52Z SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2015 114 1025 HR 2015-03-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. Related bill CRS 2015-12-17 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2015-12-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2015-12-17 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2015-12-17 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-12-17 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2015-12-17 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-12-17 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2016-09-21 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2016-09-22 False Agriculture and Food Employment and training programs Food assistance and relief Poverty and welfare assistance Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Agriculture and Food 00 2015-12-17 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-22T13:30:48Z SNAP Work Opportunities and Veteran Protection Act of 2015

This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exempt Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) beneficiaries from work requirements if they are not offered a position in a state job training or workfare program.

The bill also exempts from work requirements veterans who are participating in certain programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs or a state to further employment or rehabilitation goals. The bill permits the Department of Agriculture to allocate specified funds to states for the employment programs.

]]> SNAP Work Opportunities and Veteran Protection Act of 2015 Display Title SNAP Work Opportunities and Veteran Protection Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the exception to the work requirement. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SNAP Work Opportunities and Veteran Protection Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2420is/xml/BILLS-114s2420is.xml 2015-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.