[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3142 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3142
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make certain
multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with
supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 5, 2019
Mr. Rogers of Alabama (for himself and Mr. Cardenas) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make certain
multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with
supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, and for other
purposes.
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 ``SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement
Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. MULTIVITAMIN-MINERAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2012) is amended--
(1) in subsection (k)--
(A) by striking ``shelters, and (9) in'' and
inserting the following: ``shelters;
``(9) in'';
(B) by striking ``arrangement, (8) in'' and
inserting the following: ``arrangement;
``(8) in'';
(C) by striking ``subsistence, (7) in'' and
inserting the following: ``subsistence;
``(7) in'';
(D) by striking ``programs, (6) in'' and inserting
the following: ``programs;
``(6) in'';
(E) by striking ``section 9(h), (5) in'' and
inserting the following: ``section 9(h);
``(5) in'';
(F) by striking ``elderly, (4) in'' and inserting
the following: ``elderly;
``(4) in'';
(G) by striking ``household, (3) in'' and inserting
the following: ``household;
``(3) in'';
(H) by striking ``product, (2) seeds'' and
inserting the following: ``product;
``(2) seeds'';
(I) by striking the subsection designation and all
that follows through ``(1) any food'' and inserting the
following:
``(k) Food.--The term `food' means--
``(1) any food'';
(J) in paragraph (1) (as so amended)--
(i) by striking ``clauses'' and inserting
``paragraphs''; and
(ii) by striking ``of this subsection'';
(K) in paragraph (9) (as so amended), by striking
the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(L) by adding at the end the following:
``(10) a multivitamin-mineral dietary supplement for home
consumption.'';
(2) by redesignating subsections (n) through (v) as
subsections (o) through (w), respectively;
(3) by inserting after subsection (m) the following:
``(n) Multivitamin-Mineral Dietary Supplement.--The term
`multivitamin-mineral dietary supplement' means a substance that--
``(1) provides at least half of the vitamins and minerals--
``(A) for which the National Academy of Medicine
establishes dietary reference intakes; and
``(B) at 50 percent or more of the daily value for
the intended life stage per daily serving, as
determined by the Food and Drug Administration; and
``(2) does not exceed the tolerable upper intake levels for
those nutrients for which an established tolerable upper intake
level is determined by the National Academy of Medicine.''; and
(4) in subsection (r) (as so redesignated)--
(A) by striking the subsection designation and all
that follows through ``Except'' and inserting the
following:
``(r) Staple Foods.--
``(1) In general.--Except'';
(B) in paragraph (1) (as so amended), by indenting
subparagraphs (A) through (D) appropriately; and
(C) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by striking the paragraph designation
and all that follows through ``do not'' and
inserting the following:
``(2) Exclusions.--The term `staple foods' does not''; and
(ii) by striking ``and spices'' and
inserting ``spices, and multivitamin-mineral
dietary supplements''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 10 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2019) is amended in the first sentence by striking
``section 3(o)(4)'' and inserting ``section 3(p)(4)''.
(2) Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2020) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``section
3(s)(1)'' and inserting ``section 3(t)(1)'';
(B) in subsection (d)--
(i) by striking ``section 3(s)(1)'' each
place it appears and inserting ``section
3(t)(1)''; and
(ii) by striking ``section 3(s)(2)'' each
place it appears and inserting ``section
3(t)(2)''; and
(C) in subsection (e)(17), by striking ``described
in section 3(s)(1)''.
(3) Section 16(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II)) is amended by
striking ``section 3(u)(4)'' and inserting ``section 3(v)(4)''.
(4) Section 19(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking
``section 3(u)(4)'' and inserting ``section 3(v)(4)''.
(5) Section 27(a)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(7 U.S.C. 2036(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``section
3(u)(4)'' each place it appears and inserting ``section
3(v)(4)''.
(6) Section 404 of title IV of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 604) is amended in each of subsections (i) and (j) by
striking ``section 3(l) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008''
and inserting ``section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(7 U.S.C. 2012)''.
(7) Section 408(a)(12)(B)(i) of title IV of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(12)(B)(i)) is amended in the
second sentence by striking ``(within'' and all that follows
through the period at the end and inserting ``(as defined in
section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2012)).''.
(8) Section 454(29) of title IV of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 654(29)) is amended by striking ``section 3(h) of
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h))'' each
place it appears and inserting ``section 3 of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)''.
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