3.0.0 3092 2023-01-11T13:42:08Z 2023-01-11T13:42:08Z Senate S 2018-06-20 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-06-20T18:03:14Z 2018-06-20 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2018-06-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely N Agriculture and Food Administrative law and regulatory procedures Food assistance and relief Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations State and local government operations Agriculture and Food 00 2018-06-20 Introduced in Senate 2018-12-28T17:32:55Z Emergency SNAP Lapse Act

This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to withhold Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) funds from state agencies that do not provide sufficient funds to pay the state share of the administrative costs of the program.

To participate in SNAP, state agencies must submit annually to USDA a statement certifying the amount of funds committed by the state agency to pay the state share of the administrative costs for the year. If the state agency has not committed sufficient funds, USDA must notify the agency, provide a specified period of time to correct the failure, and withhold SNAP funds if the failure is not corrected.

USDA must use any funds that are withheld from a state to provide grants to private nonprofit entities within the state for the costs of: (1) providing food to individuals in need; and (2) administering the grants, including hiring additional personnel.

]]> Emergency SNAP Lapse Act Display Title Emergency SNAP Lapse Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide certain requirements relating to commitments by State agencies to provide the State share of the administrative costs of administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Emergency SNAP Lapse Act Introduced in Senate 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3092is/xml/BILLS-115s3092is.xml 2018-06-20 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.