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2025-12-05T08:21:34Z
2025-12-05T08:21:34Z
Senate
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2023-04-27
118
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1336
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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Senate
Standing
  - Referred To
2023-04-27T16:47:06Z

- Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023
118
3037
HR
2023-06-01
Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
  - Identical bill
CRS
- 2023-04-27
  - ssaf00
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
IntroReferral
- 2023-04-27
Introduced in Senate
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
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Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Kirsten
Gillibrand
D
NY
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Markey
D
MA
J.
2023-04-27
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Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
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Welch
D
VT
2023-04-27
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Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
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Warren
D
MA
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2023-04-27
True
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Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
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Booker
D
NJ
2023-04-27
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OH
2023-04-27
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VT
2023-04-27
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PA
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2023-04-27
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D
CA
2023-05-03
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2023-05-09
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CT
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2023-06-06
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Agriculture and Food
- Aging
2023-06-23T18:16:24Z
- Alaska
2023-06-23T18:16:24Z
- Computers and information technology
2023-06-23T18:16:24Z
- Disability and paralysis
2023-06-23T18:16:24Z
- Employment and training programs
2023-06-23T18:16:24Z
- Food assistance and relief
2023-06-23T18:16:24Z
- Hawaii
2023-06-23T18:16:24Z
- Health care costs and insurance
2023-06-23T18:16:24Z
- Income tax deductions
2023-06-23T18:16:24Z
- Poverty and welfare assistance
2023-06-23T18:16:24Z
- Puerto Rico
2023-06-23T18:16:24Z
- U.S. territories and protectorates
2023-06-23T18:16:24Z
Agriculture and Food
2023-05-09T16:15:23Z
00
2023-04-27
Introduced in Senate
2024-10-01T15:21:45Z
Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023
This bill revises the requirements for calculating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
The bill increases the minimum SNAP benefit and requires benefits to be calculated using the value of a low-cost food plan. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must determine the requirements for the low-cost food plan, which is the diet required to feed a family of four, consisting of
- a man and a woman ages 19-50 years,
- a child ages 6-8 years, and
- a child ages 9-11 years.
USDA must (1) reevaluate and publish the market baskets of the plan by December 31, 2029, and every five years thereafter, based on current food prices, food composition data, consumption patterns, and dietary guidance; and (2) make adjustments to the plan to account for household size, changes in the cost of the diet, and the costs of food in specified areas.
The bill modifies the requirements for calculating household income to determine SNAP eligibility by (1) authorizing a standard medical expense deduction for households containing an elderly or disabled member, and (2) eliminating the cap on the excess shelter expense deduction.
The bill eliminates certain work requirements for SNAP; the requirements apply to able-bodied adults who are ages 18-49 and have no dependent children.
The bill allows Puerto Rico to participate in SNAP. Currently, Puerto Rico receives a block grant instead of participating in SNAP. The bill also provides funding for Puerto Rico to receive a one-time USDA grant for the technology infrastructure necessary to implement SNAP.

Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023
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Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023
2024-07-24T15:22:30Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023
2024-05-24T13:40:33Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Official Title as Introduced
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A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated using the value of the low-cost food plan, and for other purposes.
2024-03-07T09:08:37Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Introduced in Senate
2023-04-27T04:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s1336is/xml/BILLS-118s1336is.xml
2023-04-27
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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