3.0.0 4061 2023-01-11T13:46:09Z 2023-01-11T13:46:09Z Senate S 2020-06-24 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-24T19:47:41Z SNAP COVID–19 Anti-Hunger Restaurant Relief for You Act of 2020 116 6688 HR 2020-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. Related bill CRS SNAP COVID–19 Anti-Hunger Restaurant Relief for You Act of 2020 116 3697 S 2020-05-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2020-06-24 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2020-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2020-06-24 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2020-08-04 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-08-04 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-08-06 False T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2020-08-06 False Agriculture and Food Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Disaster relief and insurance Emergency medical services and trauma care Food assistance and relief Food industry and services Infectious and parasitic diseases Public contracts and procurement Retail and wholesale trades State and local government operations Agriculture and Food 00 2020-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-25T18:40:21Z State Emergency Restaurant and Vendor Enhancement and COVID-19 Anti-hunger Restaurant Relief for You Act or the SERVE and CARRY Act

This bill provides nutrition assistance to states during an emergency such as COVID-19 by (1) establishing a State Emergency Restaurant and Vendor Enhancement (SERVE) Program that authorizes funding for states to contract with restaurants and provide nutrition benefits to participants for the purchase of meals and food through electronic benefit transfer transactions; (2) providing funds for states to purchase, store, process, package, harvest, and distribute locally grown commodities, fruits, vegetables, specialty crops, dairy, and other consumable items; and (3) expanding eligibility for benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).

]]> SERVE and CARRY Act Display Title SERVE and CARRY Act Short Title(s) as Introduced SERVE and CARRY Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced State Emergency Restaurant and Vendor Enhancement and COVID–19 Anti-hunger Restaurant Relief for You Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide emergency nutrition assistance to States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4061is/xml/BILLS-116s4061is.xml 2020-06-24 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.