3.0.0 2667 2023-01-01T20:17:23Z 2023-01-01T20:17:23Z Senate S 2021-08-05 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-08-05T23:25:36Z Making Essentials Available and Lawful (MEAL) Act of 2021 117 2837 HR 2021-07-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. Identical bill CRS Climate Resilience Workforce Act 117 6492 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Related bill CRS 2021-08-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-08-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-08-05 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-08-05 True P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-08-05 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-08-05 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-08-05 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2021-08-05 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2021-08-05 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2021-08-05 True Social Welfare Social Welfare 00 2021-08-05 Introduced in Senate 2021-09-21T15:44:11Z Making Essentials Available and Lawful (MEAL) Act of 2021

This bill repeals a lifetime ban that prohibits individuals convicted of certain offenses related to the possession, use, or distribution of a controlled substance from receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or assistance under programs funded by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grants. Any state law that imposes conditions on eligibility for SNAP benefits or TANF assistance based on an individual's conviction of such an offense shall have no force or effect.

In addition, individuals who are incarcerated and scheduled to be released within 30 days shall qualify as individual households for purposes of SNAP eligibility. Under current law, unless specifically excepted, individuals residing in institutions do not constitute a household.

]]> Making Essentials Available and Lawful (MEAL) Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal a certain disqualification to receive benefits under title IV of the Social Security Act and benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008; and to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide that incarcerated individuals who are scheduled to be released from an institution within 30 days shall be considered to be a household for purposes of such Act. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Making Essentials Available and Lawful (MEAL) Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Making Essentials Available and Lawful (MEAL) Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2667is/xml/BILLS-117s2667is.xml 2021-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.