[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1882 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1882

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the Department 
of Agriculture from entering into partnerships with foreign governments 
to promote enrollment in the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
   and to terminate the current Partnership for Nutrition Assistance 
            Initiative between the United States and Mexico.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2013

  Mrs. Black introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the Department 
of Agriculture from entering into partnerships with foreign governments 
to promote enrollment in the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
   and to terminate the current Partnership for Nutrition Assistance 
            Initiative between the United States and Mexico.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safety Net Abuse Prevention (SNAP) 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS AUTHORIZED TO BE 
              APPROPRIATED UNDER FOOD AND NUTRITION ACT OF 2008.

    (a) Prohibition on Promotion Agreements With Foreign Governments.--
Section 18 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2027) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Funds appropriated pursuant to any authorization of 
appropriations in this Act may not be used by the Secretary for any 
agreement with a foreign government intended to promote enrollment in 
the program and the availability of program benefits.''.
    (b) Termination of Existing Agreement.--Effective on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the memorandum of understanding entered into 
on July 22, 2004, by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States 
Department of Agriculture and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the 
Republic of Mexico and known as the ``Partnership for Nutrition 
Assistance Initiative'' is null and void.
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