3.0.0 7271 2022-02-09T00:10:46Z 2022-02-09T00:10:46Z House HR 2020-06-18 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 113 (Thursday, June 18, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RUSH:H.R. 7271.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H2407]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture Referred to 2020-08-13T14:54:51Z Referred to 2020-06-18T14:05:15Z 2020-08-13 hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. Committee 2020-06-18 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2020-06-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-06-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000515 Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] BOBBY RUSH D IL L. 1 N S001204 Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] Michael San Nicolas D GU F. Q. 0 2020-07-21 False C001084 Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] David Cicilline D RI N. 1 2020-10-23 False Agriculture and Food Cosmetics and personal care Food assistance and relief Health technology, devices, supplies Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance Women's health Agriculture and Food 00 2020-06-18 Introduced in House 2021-08-31T17:17:56Z SNAP Provisions to Lower Undue Struggle Act of 2020 or the SNAP PLUS Act of 2020

This bill expands the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to permit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase items such as vitamins, household supplies, personal hygiene items, and menstrual hygiene products. Additionally, the bill requires specified annual increases for the value of the allotment of SNAP benefits that state agencies are authorized to issue to eligible households.

]]> SNAP PLUS Act of 2020 Display Title SNAP PLUS Act of 2020 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to be used to purchase additional types of items and to increase the amount of such benefits. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced SNAP PLUS Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced ‘SNAP Provisions to Lower Undue Struggle Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr7271ih/xml/BILLS-116hr7271ih.xml 2020-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. 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.