[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7860 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7860

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
  Assistance Act to ensure food assistance during a major disaster or 
                   emergency declared under such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2020

Mr. Cardenas (for himself and Ms. Fudge) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
  Assistance Act to ensure food assistance during a major disaster or 
                   emergency declared under such Act.

    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 ``Expanding Access to Emergency Meals 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS.

    Section 312(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155(b)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
            ``(5) Exception to prohibition on duplication of 
        assistance.--During the period of a major disaster or emergency 
        declared under this Act, this section shall not prohibit the 
        provision of Federal assistance under this Act to any person 
        who is or may be entitled to receive nutrition assistance 
        through a program administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
        and receipt of such assistance shall not be considered 
        duplicative assistance, except that a person receiving benefits 
        (as defined in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
        (7 U.S.C. 2012)) under only section 5(h)(1) of the Food and 
        Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)(1)) may not 
        simultaneously receive food for distribution to households 
        authorized under section 413 of this Act or be certified to 
        receive benefits under section 5(a) of the Food and Nutrition 
        Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(a)).''.
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