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<item congress="116" measure-type="s" measure-number="2359" measure-id="id116s2359" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2019-07-31" update-date="2019-11-07">
<title>A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require consideration of the assets of a household for broad-based categorical eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program.</title>
<summary summary-id="id116s2359v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2019-11-07">
<action-date>2019-07-31</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill revises eligibility requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to require certain household assets (e.g., available cash, stock, savings bonds, mutual funds) to be considered when making a categorical eligibility determination for SNAP benefits.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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