FOOD AND NUTRITION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Agriculture: exclude value of vehicles used for household transportation, or to obtain or continue employment, from resource limitation for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 3233), H6976 [14OC]

———increase access to healthy food for families and to credit for small and new farmers (see S. 2016), S8734 [16DE]

———repeal authority to make performance-based bonus payments to States for recruiting additional people to enroll in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 3652), H8880 [13DE]

———require State electronic benefit transfer contracts to treat wireless program retail food stores in the same manner as wired program retail food stores (see S. 1593), S5838 [21SE]

Northern Mariana Islands: treat in the same manner as Guam (see H.R. 1465), H2570 [8AP]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Agriculture: provide support for urban gardening, H4271 [15JN]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Agriculture: increase access to healthy food for families and to credit for small and new farmers (S. 2016), S8736 [16DE]