[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6449 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6449

    To provide that during an emergency declared under the National 
Emergencies Act or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
  Assistance Act, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits 
issued under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 may be used to purchase 
                         certain durable goods.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2020

  Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide that during an emergency declared under the National 
Emergencies Act or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
  Assistance Act, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits 
issued under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 may be used to purchase 
                         certain durable goods.

    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 ``Food and Necessities During Public 
Emergencies Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. PURCHASE OF DURABLE GOODS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION 
              ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS DURING DECLARED EMERGENCIES.

    During an emergency declared under the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the term ``food'' as 
defined in section 3(k)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2012(k)(1)) shall be deemed to include the following:
            (1) Infant care necessities, including diapers (disposable 
        or re-useable), baby wipes, and bottles.
            (2) Household paper products, including tissues, toilet 
        paper, and paper towels.
            (3) Household cleaning products, including: mops, brooms, 
        bleach (or equivalent cleaning solutions), and cleaning wipes.
            (4) Personal cleaning products, including toothbrushes, 
        toothpaste, soap, shampoo, hand sanitizer, and deodorant.
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