3.0.0 4967 2023-03-06T13:05:57Z 2023-03-06T13:05:57Z Senate S 2022-09-27 117 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-09-27T23:31:12Z Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2022 117 8495 HR 2022-08-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations. Identical bill CRS 2022-09-27 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2022-09-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2022-09-27 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2022-09-27 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2022-09-27 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2022-09-27 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2022-09-27 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2022-09-27 True Agriculture and Food American Samoa Caribbean area Food assistance and relief Intergovernmental relations Northern Mariana Islands Poverty and welfare assistance Puerto Rico State and local government operations U.S. territories and protectorates Agriculture and Food 00 2022-09-27 Introduced in Senate 2023-03-01T12:32:57Z Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2022

This bill sets out a process to enable Puerto Rico to participate as a state in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Under current law, a state receives SNAP funding based on the number of participating households in the state whereas Puerto Rico receives a block grant to fund its nutrition assistance program.

The bill requires Puerto Rico to submit to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) a plan of operation to transition away from the consolidated block grant program to SNAP. USDA must provide appropriate training and technical assistance to enable Puerto Rico to formulate such plan.

]]> Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2022 Display Title Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to transition the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4967is/xml/BILLS-117s4967is.xml 2022-09-27 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.