HOUSE 1576116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 4/3/2019
Actions
- 2019-04-03Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
- 2019-03-06Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 2019-03-06Introduced in House
- 2019-03-06Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-03-06 (00)
Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2019
This bill allows Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) after submitting a plan of operation that is approved by the Department of Agriculture. (Under current law, the three territories receive block grants instead of participating in SNAP.)
Cosponsors (20)
- Gregorio Sablan (D-MP)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Sean Casten (D-IL)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Albio Sires (D-NJ)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Joseph Morelle (D-NY)
- Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- Brendan Boyle (D-PA)
- Susan Wild (D-PA)
Subjects
- American Samoa
- Caribbean area
- Food assistance and relief
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
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