3.0.0 3934 2023-01-11T13:46:16Z 2023-01-11T13:46:16Z Senate S 2020-06-10 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-10T21:27:14Z Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2020 116 6846 HR 2020-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. Identical bill CRS 2020-06-10 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2020-06-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-06-10 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-06-10 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-06-10 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-06-10 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-06-10 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2020-06-10 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-06-10 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2020-06-10 True Agriculture and Food American Samoa Caribbean area Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Income tax deductions Northern Mariana Islands Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance Puerto Rico Retail and wholesale trades State and local government operations Agriculture and Food 00 2020-06-10 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-15T15:48:26Z Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2020

This bill allows Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) after submitting a plan of operation that is approved by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (Under current law, the three territories receive block grants instead of participating in SNAP.)

Such territories may request from USDA a one-time grant to pay the cost of the technology infrastructure necessary to implement SNAP, including the cost of information technology, information technology personnel, and training relating to program implementation.

]]> Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2020 Display Title Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide for the participation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3934is/xml/BILLS-116s3934is.xml 2020-06-10 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.