3.0.0 2684 2023-01-11T13:36:37Z 2023-01-11T13:36:37Z House HR 2017-05-25 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 91 (Thursday, May 25, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. DELBENE:H.R. 2684.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H4608]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture Referred to 2017-06-26T16:43:42Z Referred to 2017-05-25T13:03:15Z SNAP Work Opportunities and Veteran Protection Act of 2018 115 2477 S 2018-03-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2017-06-26 hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. Committee 2017-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2017-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000617 Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] Suzan DelBene D WA K. 1 N L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 2017-05-25 True L000586 Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5] Al Lawson D FL 5 2017-05-25 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2017-08-08 False Agriculture and Food Employment and training programs Food assistance and relief Poverty and welfare assistance Agriculture and Food 00 2017-05-25 Introduced in House 2017-08-29T14:36:10Z SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2017

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.

]]> SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2017 Display Title SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the exception to the work requirement. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2684ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2684ih.xml 2017-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition. 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.