US Congress House Bill 1276 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 118-0)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Pending: House Nutrition Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2017 This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to revise the requirements for calculating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits. The bill increases the minimum SNAP benefit and requires benefits to be calculated using a low-cost food plan. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must determine the requirements for the low-cost food plan, which is the diet required to feed a family of four, consisting of: a man and a woman 19-50 years of age, a child 6-8 years of age, and a child 9-11 years of age. USDA must make adjustments to the plan to account for household size, changes in the cost of the diet, and the costs of food in specified areas. The bill revises the amounts authorized for nutrition assistance block grants for Puerto Rico and American Samoa and requires the amounts to be modified based on adjustments to the low-cost food plan. The bill modifies the requirements for calculating household income to determine SNAP eligibility by: (1) authorizing a standard medical expense deduction for households containing an elderly or disabled member, and (2) eliminating the cap on the deduction for excess shelter expenses. The bill exempts from SNAP work requirements able-bodied adults without dependents who are not offered a position in a SNAP Employment and Training Program.

Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2017

Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
2017-03-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2017-03-01	House	Introduced in House

HB4425 (Related) 2017-11-16 - Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1276/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1276/BILLS-115hr1276ih.pdf